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This photo, taken three days after the explosion, shows the severe corrosion on the gas service line that led to the Nguyens’ home in Brookfield.

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Brookfield Explosion: A Year Later

Questions still remain; SCC finds probable gas-company violations.

One minute, Thuan Nguyen and his family lived in a two-story house in Chantilly’s Brookfield community. The next minute, it was gone — blown sky high in a gas explosion and burned to the ground.

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