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Topeka Woman Dies After House Explosion

TOPEKA, Kan. — The 81-year-old woman critically injured when her Topeka home exploded last week has died.

Lucinia Tolliver suffered critical injuries in the explosion that leveled her home at 19th & Arrowhead at about 11:40 Mon., Jan. 30.

A contract crew accidentally hit a natural gas line, causing a leak that fueled the blast.
A neighbor down the street from the explosion shot video of the fire and loaded it to YouTube.