The meeting was a follow-up a Jan. 16 announcement in which officials said a crack in a 92-year-old gas main led to the explosion and fire on Dec. 19, 2019, then offered little other information about the blast on the 1400 block of South Eighth Street that collapsed five rowhouses and killed two people. Officials then only had an approximate schedule for when the block and the surrounding streets that were affected would be repaired.