Explosion levels Santa Maria home Wednesday afternoon Photos

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Santa Maria fire officials who were on the scene Wednesday say the explosion was “accidental in nature,” adding that it originated in the kitchen and the cause was an open natural gas outlet. City spokesman Mark van de Kamp said that 23 adjacent residential structures were damaged, including the next-door residence at 1223 Jackie Lane that had heavy damage to about 75% of the building. There were multiple sources of ignition identified capable of igniting the natural gas, according to the City Fire Marshal.

Explosion and fire destroy Hancock Village home in Santa Maria, injuring three people

Police say they found two more people dead inside, including the shooter. Firefighters couldn’t immediately fight the blaze because it was believed the shooter might be somewhere. Authorities also said there was concern about ammunition going off inside the burning home. KSBY-TV reported that the shooting took place shortly before noon Friday.

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Santa Maria city officials say four people were taken to the hospital to be treated for injuries. One was a female who was extricated from the home that exploded. A woman who was inside a Santa Maria house that exploded last week due to a natural gas leak is in critical condition, according to an update provided by authorities. SANTA MARIA, Calif. – Investigators remain on the scene of a home explosion in Santa Maria that destroyed two homes, injured at least four people, one critically, and damaged several homes in the Hancock Village neighborhood. An explosion Wednesday afternoon, reportedly gas-related, leveled a house at 1219 Jackie Ln.

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Plywood is stacked in a front yard near 1219 Jackie Ln. Thursday morning in Santa Maria to board up windows shattered by an explosion caused by a gas leak Wednesday afternoon. Fire officials at the scene say the explosion appears to be the result of a gas leak; however, the exact cause remains under investigation. Fire officials said the leak originated in the kitchen and was caused by an open natural gas outlet. The woman, 83, sustained burn injuries in an explosion characterized by fire officials as "accidental in nature," Jacob Dizon of KSBY reported last week.

Scott Davis, a resident of Hancock Village where the explosion occurred, provided video from his home security camera that captured glass shattering and the thunderous boom caused by the blast. One of the injured was extricated from an adjacent home, and two others were in the home behind the one that exploded. Are seen Thursday after a gas leak caused an explosion that leveled the Santa Maria home in August. Another woman, who was in an adjacent home when the explosion happened, was extricated and is in stable condition, according to authorities. The SoCalGas company responded to the scene, and Santa Barbara County sent an excavator and search dog to the scene.

Fire officials: Home explosion in Santa Maria accidental, caused by open natural gas outlet

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Officers reportedly pulled several residents from neighboring homes who required medical treatment. According to an Aug. 27 update from the city, the woman who was inside the home at the time is 83 years old and in critical condition with burn injuries. The adjacent neighbor was trapped in rubble and extricated, but is in stable condition. Two others were transferred to the hospital for medical care, but there is no updated information at this time. A Santa Maria house was destroyed in an apparent explosion Wednesday afternoon and several people were receiving medical treatment for injuries, according to city officials. Police officers searching and evacuating nearby homes found four injured people who were transported to local hospitals.

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On Thursday, much destruction was still present in the neighborhood, with multiple red tags on the damaged homes. Santa Barbara County sent an excavator and search dog to help with the scene. City spokesman Mark van de Kamp told Noozhawk "the blast blew out windows in 10 adjacent homes." Preliminary damage estimates include 1219 Jackie Ln., $440,000 for the structure and $100,000 for the contents; 1223 Jackie Ln., $425,000 for the structure and $75,000 for the contents. Estimates for the remaining 22 residences are still being compiled, according to officials.

One was extricated from the home that exploded, one was extricated from an adjacent home, and two other people were in the home behind the one that exploded, he said. Fire Department crews extinguished the blaze and then police officers formed search teams to rescue residents, police Lt. Paul Van Meel said. Three people were injured in the explosion according to the on-scene crew. Two were taken to Marian Region Medical Center, and one possibly to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. The blast leveled two townhomes and shattered windows and garage doors in the immediate area of the explosion.

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A home in California was destroyed in an apparent explosion Wednesday and others were badly, according to local reports. Eight homes were red-tagged and are considered “unsafe to enter,” officials said in an update Friday. The home was in rubble, there were no more walls, no more ceiling. In the initial explosion, the fire was limited but the home was in rubble, all that was left was the frame,” Dandridge said. The home at 1219 Jackie Lane experienced about $440,000 in structural damage and $100,000 for its contents; 1223 Jackie Lane experienced $425,000 in structural damage and $75,000 for its contents. Estimates for the remaining 22 residences impacted by the incident are still accumulating, the city said in its update.

Crews are currently mopping up the scene and trying to turn off the main gas line. The explosion and fire destroyed the home to the ground, as seen from the area. SANTA MARIA, Calif. – First responders are currently on the scene of an explosion turned to fire from an apartment condominium near Hancock Park, according to the News Channel 3-12 crew on scene. “I’ve had 17 years of experience in the fire service, but I’ve never seen something like this,” Dandridge said as he described the destruction in the neighborhood. “So this is part of a wall, and part of the garage door from the house,” said Santa Maria Fire Chief Brad Dandridge. A stucco wall from the gutted house is on the ground, after being thrown about 100 feet.

All that’s left of the home where the blast occurred is the frame of its garage. The rest of the house is a massive pile of charred wood. Investigators are trying to determine what led to an explosion which destroyed a Central Coast home, and damaged around ten others. Emergency crews arrive at a house explosion in Hancock Village Wednesday afternoon in Santa Maria. Residents watch outside Hancock Village as first responders arrive at a house explosion Wednesday afternoon in Santa Maria.

One adult male suffered moderate burn injuries and was transported to Marian Regional Medical Center. The explosion comes less than two weeks after a home explosion near Pittsburgh that leveled one home and engulfed two neighboring houses in flames, killing six people. He said at least four people were transported to local hospitals to be treated for injuries. First responder personnel were trying to evacuate the area to ensure people were safe. Firefighters, meanwhile, were working to contain a fire. The home is located in a residential neighborhood in the City of Santa Maria, which is about a three-hour drive north of Los Angeles.

Residents gather on the 1200 block of Jackie Lane at Hancock Village to see damage done from a house explosion Wednesday afternoon in Santa Maria. A home in Santa Maria has been leveled by what initial reports say was an explosion caused by a gas leak. One Santa Maria home is destroyed and nearly two dozen others are damaged after a house caught fire and exploded Wednesday, Aug. 24. Photos shared by the Santa Maria Police Department showed a suburban home reduced to rubble.

Santa Maria city officials said Thursday that the house explosion that destroyed a home and injured four people Wednesday afternoon was caused by an accidental natural gas leak. Although the investigation in ongoing, the incident was tentatively classified as an accident. Fire investigators determined an open natural gas outlet caused the explosion on Wednesday that destroyed a Santa Maria house and damaged more than 20 nearby homes, eight of which have since been red-tagged. The explosion Wednesday afternoon, which damaged 24 residences including the one that was destroyed at 1219 Jackie Ln., was accidental, and caused by an open natural gas outlet in the kitchen, officials said Thursday.

First responders assembled searched teams and entered homes, searching for and extracting residents. Responders extricated a woman from inside the home that was destroyed. Another person was extricated from an adjacent home, while two other individuals were extricated from a house behind the one that exploded. Some of the neighboring homes were red tagged as unsafe for occupancy.

We also asked Santa Maria Fire officials for an update on those who were injured, but they said that information was not yet available. “I figure it might have been something in my backyard it was that close," Razo said told KSBY. "I thought maybe a gas tank blew from a barbeque I had the weekend before. Everyone was curious, scared, wondering, asking a thousand questions." Meanwhile, Rudy Razo, who lives just a few houses down from the damage, says Wednesday’s explosion shook his entire home.