Timeline of Events
- Approximately 10:15 a.m. - the CCI work crew punctures the underground gas pipeline
- Approximately 10:51 a.m. - the CCI foreman contacts his supervisor to report the leak
- 11:05 a.m. - the facilities director of the Stearns County Administrative Building places a call to the county chief deputy sheriff after investigating the gas smell and being told by CCI that the leak had occurred
- 11:06 a.m. - St. Cloud fire department Engine Company 326 is dispatched to the scene, St. Cloud police units 9201 and 9202 are assigned to crowd control at the site
- 11:16 a.m. - two NSP trucks arrive
- 11:29 a.m. - an unknown source ignites the gas, causing the explosion
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