14 injured in 'major' gas line explosion in Fresno.
Fourteen people were rushed to the
hospital with burns after a major gas line explosion near the Fresno County
Sheriff’s Office gun range Friday, a fire official said.
The blast occurred behind the range
about 2:30 p.m. when a county worker leading a team of inmates constructing a
dirt road accidentally struck the gas line, said Fresno Fire Department
spokesman Pete Martinez.
Thirty-five firefighters quickly subdued
the blaze, and Pacific Gas & Electric cut off the gas supply to the line,
Martinez said.
The county worker leading the team and
at least one of the inmates were critically injured in the explosion, which
sent a fireball 100 feet into the sky, authorities said. The inmates were part
of a work program at the Fresno County Jail, Martinez said.
“I heard a whirring sound like a
helicopter, then two booms and fire,” said Mark Price, who witnessed the blast.
Spencer Olson was drilling for water
nearby.
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