Investigators determined a gas leak caused the explosion at a chino hills home that injured several people, including children, over the weekend. Firefighters in chino hills did not say what caused the explosion sunday, but said that a gas leak had been stopped A spokesperson for the san bernardino county sheriff’s department said the explosion was believed to have been caused by a gas leak at the residence and that the blast caused damage to.
Virginia explosion: Several firefighters killed as house explodes due
Authorities are investigating after eight people were injured in an explosion that destroyed one house and damaged two others in a southern california neighborhood.
At least eight people were hospitalized on sunday when a home in chino hills caught fire from a possible gas leak, according to san bernardino county authorities.
Officials said crews stopped a gas leak at the house but they were investigating the cause of the explosion, which prompted the evacuations of 16 nearby houses.
