My cousin works in a restaurant in KC, thanks for posting this.
I hope and pray the injuries are only minor. It's moments like this that make me wish I didn't give up on FB.

ETA: Thanks Kituwa.

CNN isn't live streaming this as breaking news.

Total Loss of JJs Restaurant; award winning restaurant on the Country Club Plaza (KC, MO).
A single car crashed into the gas meter outside the restaurant creating a gas leak from the main which caused a build up of gas and lead to a natural gas explosion. But there are also pictures of a backhoe on fire in the street so it is possible that street repair could have broken a gas main and that was the cause. A gas company crew was on the site and the restaurant was evacuated due to the strong smell and that is why there were no apparent fatalities.

Originally posted by Agent_USA_Supporter
CNN isn't live streaming this as breaking news.

edit on 19-2-2013 by Agent_USA_Supporter because: (no reason given)

None of the MSM is reporting

Just local.

Thinking this should be reported by the major news stations. Many of us have family in KC area.

I live fairly close to The Plaza, and the explosion was pretty loud, and shook all the windows in my house. You could see the smoke for miles, such a sad situation. I saw on our local news that there are several critical injuries, but no deaths reported as of yet. The owner of the restaurant is out of town in Oklahoma, trying to get back home as fast as possible. That place was a KC landmark, sad to see it up in flames.

Originally posted by SoftKitty
I live fairly close to The Plaza, and the explosion was pretty loud, and shook all the windows in my house. You could see the smoke for miles, such a sad situation. I saw on our local news that there are several critical injuries, but no deaths reported as of yet. The owner of the restaurant is out of town in Oklahoma, trying to get back home as fast as possible. That place was a KC landmark, sad to see it up in flames.

wow I didne here it at all but Im in jc

No, it's a restaurant. The Plaza is several blocks worth of high end shops and restaurants. It's a really nice area, with a lot of fountains, and when it's Christmas time it has a pretty good light display.

Originally posted by SoftKitty
No, it's a restaurant. The Plaza is several blocks worth of high end shops and restaurants. It's a really nice area, with a lot of fountains, and when it's Christmas time it has a pretty good light display.

So sad.

Hope for no fatalities.

Looking at the footage, it's hard to imagine there not being any fatalities, because of it occurring right around dinner time. But I'm hoping the reports are true of the strong gas smell, and maybe everyone was on the way out fairly quickly.