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| Explosion at US shopping centre | Explosion at US shopping centre |
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| One person is missing after a blast tore through a shopping centre in the US state of Illinois, injuring six. | |
| Hydraulic lifting equipment was used to rescue the injured after the roof was blown off the plaza in Waukegan, about 65km (40 miles) north of Chicago. | |
| Waukegan Mayor Richard Hyde told the BBC the blast was caused by a gas leak around noon local time (1800 GMT). | |
| Four shops were damaged as a ceiling collapsed and shop windows shattered in the blast. | |
| Around 100 firefighters rushed to the scene, with fire crews drafted in from surrounding towns to help with the rescue effort. | |
| A team from the People's Gas company were on site to investigate the suspected gas leak. | |
| The worst-hit shops included a hair salon, a mobile phone shop and a tailoring shop. | |
| Mannequins strewn among debris from the blast were at first mistaken for the body of victims, says the BBC's Jonathan Josephs. | |
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