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A building exploded in Wilmington on Tuesday, Aug. 19, after a vehicle struck a gas line.

Four firefighters were injured in the explosion, with one sustaining serious burns.

The driver, Jason Lee Beach, was charged with DWI and other offenses.

Nearby businesses were shaken by the blast, and debris littered the area.

The building was under renovation and set to become a veterinary center.

(The story has been updated with new information.)

Laura Shipley said she is still tensing up anytime her back is to where a building exploded in Wilmington.

“I was shaking for two hours afterwards,” said Shipley, a bartender at Jax Deli and Ale House on New Centre Drive, which is across from where an explosion happened on Tuesday, Aug. 19.

On Aug. 20, a day after an explosion

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