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THAT GAS EXPLOSION IN NORTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE. IT DESTROYED A HOUSE AND SET A 77-YEAR-OLD WOMAN ON FIRE. IT HAPPENED ON GRANDE DRIVE NEAR 12TH AND GRIEGOS... WHERE THE FIRE IS STILL BURNING AND SEVERAL HOMES ARE STILL UNDER EVACUATION ORDERS. SHELTON DODSON IS LIVE ON THE SCENE WITH THE LATE BREAKING DETAILS... SHELTON P-N-M HAS JUST CONFIRMED THAT THEY HAD CREWS ON SCENE BEFORE AND THEN WHEN THE EXPLOSION HAPPENED ... SINCE THERE HAD BEEN CALLS OF A SMELL OF GAS IN THE AREA. P-N-M CREWS ARE WORKING TO DIG UP A LARGE PORTION OF THE STREET TO SHUT OFF THE FLOW OF GAS. BUT RIGHT NOW IT IS STILL PUMPING THROUGH THE LINE AND TGHE FIRE IS STILL BURNING. NEIGHBORS STARTED CALLING 9- 1-1 JUST BEFORE TEN THIS MORNING AFTER HEARING AN EXPLOSION. ONE MAN RAN OUTSIDE AND THAT'S WHEN HE SAW THE 77-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FLEEING HER HOME WHICH HAD JUST BEEN BLOWN APART BY A GAS EXPLOSION. RIGHT NOW ABOUT A DOZEN HOMES ARE STILL EVACUATED AS CREWS ARE WORKING TO SHUT DOWN THE FLOW OF GAS. Until the gas company actually clinches that gas line off, if you put the fire out that means that gas is going some where. Any ignition source could ignite that gas at that time. So it's better burning at this point. THE STREET HERE CONTINUES TO BURN AT THIS HOUR. NO IDEA YET HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE PNM CREWS TO TEAR UP THE STREET AND GET DOWN TO THE TWO INCH LINE SO THEY CAN PINCH IT OFF. WE'RE TOLD THERE IS NOT A SHUT OFF VALVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SO THAT'S WHY P-N-M IS HAVING TO DIG FOR THE LINE. THE VICTIM IS THIS CASE IS BEING TREATED FOR FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE BURNS AT U-N-M HOSPITAL. REMEMBER... IT'S THIRD DEGREE BURNS WHICH ARE THE WORST TO GET. THERE WAS ALSO A FIREFIGHTER WHO INJURED HIS BACK SLIGHTLY WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SOME ICE. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS STILL UNDER EVACUATION AND THE GAS LINE CONTINUES TO FEED THIS FIRE. LIVE IN NORTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE... SHELTON DODSON, EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR.