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| Jun.5 |
SF Tenderloin |
Underground Blast Shakes Tenderloin  Map| A blast in an underground vault sent toxic, black smoke and flames pouring out of a manhole and cut power to 8,800 homes and businesses | |
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| Feb.13 |
Pittsburg |
Man Killed In Marina Explosion, Fire 69-year-old Warren Heinbach who lived on the 34-foot-long boat, was found dead in the remains of the blaze
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| Jan.23 |
Pleasant Hill |
Explosion, Fire At Cigarette Store Police Department believe someone intentionally set off an explosion that ignited a fire that blew through a Cigarette Outlet store
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| Dec.4 |
San Rafael |
2 Homes Destroyed After Another San Rafael Blast Map| Two homes were in ruins following a 4-alarm fire. The flames spread to another home and by the firefighters arrived, both structures were engulfed | |
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| Dec.2 |
San Rafael |
Body found after explosion, fire Firefighters from San Rafael, Kentfield, Ross Valley and Novato battled a two-alarm structure. An exterior wall had partially collapsed
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| Nov.17 |
San Francisco |
5 Hurt After Explosion A bomb squad was sent to the scene of a home explosion in Sunnyside neighborhood that prompted some evacuations
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| Jun.24 |
SF Downtown |
Underground Explosion in Financial District The blast just after 4 p.m. jolted guests at the nearby Hyatt Embarcadero hotel. Several manhole covers flew 10 feet into the air
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| Jun.10 |
Santa Rosa |
Man Burned When Dryer Explodes Charles Ballard, 46, suffered second- and third-degree burns when a clothes dryer hooked up to a propane tank exploded
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| May.25 |
SF Mission |
3 Hurt In Apartment Explosion
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| Apr.29 |
Highway 880 |
 Explosion causes connector collapse Map A speeding tanker truck hauling 8,600 gallons of gasoline hit an embankment and exploded into flames at 3:42 a.m.
| Intense heat from the fire caused the upper deck of the ramp to collapse onto the lower deck. A section of the maze has folded in on itself. I-80 westbound to I-880 southbound and I-80 eastbound to I-580 eastbound interchanges closed. Gov. Schwarzenegger issued an emergency declaration to rebuild a major portion of freeway interchange
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| Mar.21 |
East Oakland |
One Dead In House Explosion, Fire
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| Feb.7 |
Chinatown |
Explosion Triggers Gas Leak In Chinatown
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| Feb.5 |
San Jose |
Gas Leak Explosion Destroys Home A man was driving a stake into the ground to fix a fence when he hit a gas line six feet underground
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| Dec.3 |
San Jose Downtown |
6 injured in 5-alarms explosive fire 5 firefighters and a police officer were injured while battling a fire a one-story wood frame as a gas leak fueled the flames
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| Jul.24 |
San Jose |
Transformer Explodes At Oakridge Mall
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| May.31 |
Oakland Downtown |
 Bomb Squad Blows Up Suspicious Device Streets near Lake Merrittwere closed after police indicated Victor Padilla might be in possession of a bomb
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| Sep.19 |
Berkeley |
Manhole Explosion Leaves 2 Injured 2,200 customers lost power after an underground connection splice failure sent a manhole cover into the air
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SF Downtown |
PG&E: Moisture Cause Of Explosion
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| Aug.19 |
SF Downtown |
Woman burned in underground explosion| The blast appeared to have come from a PG&E vault and was centered around the Crocker Galleria buckling the sidewalk | |
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| Jul.7 |
Los Altos |
Devastating Explosion At House The firefighters rescued a man who was trapped underneath the rubble of his home following a natural gas explosion
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| Mar.1 |
Russian Hill |
Explosion and Fire in Apartment Building An explosion of 400 rounds of ammunition and 3-alarm fire in Russian Hill sent residents running for cover
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| Feb.11 |
SF Mission |
Home Explosion Causes Fire 3 people were injured in the explosion that caused a small single-alarm fire which was extinguished quickly
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| Jan.7 |
Los Gatos |
Huge Explosion Injures Two The explosion at the Los Gatos Auto Mall is sending a large, dark plume of smoke over the area
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| Nov.9 |
Walnut Creek |
5 dead, 4 injured in explosion, fire Map A construction crew struck an underground oil pipeline. A fire burned several buildings and sent flames high into the air
| A backhoe operator ruptured a 10-inch line, releasing a fuel that was ignited by 2 welders using a blowtorch inside the 5-foot-diameter water main. The blast damaged several homes and forced the evacuation of 2 schools. The pipeline owned by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners of Houston
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| Aug.8 |
South San Jose |
Cause of explosion investigated
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| Aug.7 |
South San Jose |
Rocket-fuel blast levels building An explosion has demolished a building, set off a grass fire on 10 acres and released ammonium chloride
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| Jul.5 |
Oakland |
Two Children Injured by Fireworks
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| May.11 |
SFO |
Container explodes on plane at tarmac Passengers boarding United Flight No. 33 got a scare when a shipping container with electronic gear inside exploded
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| May.7 |
Cupertino |
House explodes after gas line cut A house burst into flames after a construction crew working nearby using a boring machine severed a gas line
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| Apr.1 |
Concord |
Explosive suicide attempt
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| Aug.17 |
San Jose Downtown |
Explosion rocks neighborhood Blast shot 3 manhole covers into the air and prompted to cordon off the area and evacuate residents
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| Aug.13 |
San Leandro |
Bomb blew hand off
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| Jul.28 |
Moffett Field |
Pyrotechnics at air show cracked windows
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| Feb.9 |
Walnut Creek |
Explosion destroys apartment building
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| Jul.7 |
Antioch |
Explosives detonate in family garage
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| Feb.21 |
Belmont |
Man Injured in Explosion
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| Feb.16 |
SF Downtown |
Explosion at downtown building
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| Feb.11 |
San Jose |
Man killed in blast at home
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