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Officials: Stony Brook University Building temporarily evacuated after explosion in lab; 2 people injured

An explosion rocked Stony Brook University's campus Thursday afternoon. School officials say the blast happened around 4:30 p.m. during a science experiment inside a lab at the Earth and Space Science

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