CA - Huge gas line explosion creates inferno, Laurel Height, San Francisco, 6 Feb 2019

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Huge Gas Line Explosion Creates Inferno In San Francisco Neighborhood

At least five people were missing and four buildings ablaze following a construction site gas line explosion that ignited an inferno in a San Francisco neighborhood Wednesday afternoon.

There were also an unknown number of rescues in progress, according to the San Francisco Fire Department.

The incident happened at the corner of Geary Blvd. and Parker Ave. around 1:18 p.m. Wednesday in the city’s Jordan Park neighborhood between Laurel Heights and the Richmond District. A two-story building on the corner, site of Hong Kong Lounge II restaurant, was in flames.

The five missing people were all workers at the restaurant, the fire department said.

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A gas explosion has caused a huge fire to break out in San Francisco, Calif, according to the San Francisco Fire Department: Gas explosion in San Francisco, California

 

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Five restaurant workers originally reported as missing were later accounted for, the fire department said.

San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White said workers with a private contractor were installing a fiber cable line when they ripped into a gas line with a backhoe. The flames enveloped the backhoe and spread quickly to the nearby restaurant.

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