CHICAGO (AFP) An explosion in a suburban Chicago beauty salon has left at least six people hurt after it blew out shop windows and caused the roof of a small shopping center to cave in, local media reported.
Dramatic images of the collapsed roof and debris-strewn street were captured by news crew helicopters as rescue workers searched the building for more casualties.
"It appears to be a gas explosion at this time," Waukegan police chief Bill Biang told the Chicago Tribune