A massive fire burned homes as it roared through a mostly residential neighborhood in the hills south of San Francisco following a loud explosion Thursday evening that shot a fireball more than 1,000 feet into the air and sent frightened residents fleeing for safety, witnesses said.
Several homes have been set ablaze near San Francisco International Airport, after a reported explosion.
Firefighters were battling a gas line or gas-fueled blaze Thursday evening that engulfed dozens of homes and sent bright flames and huge plumes of smoke shooting hundreds of feet into the air in a neighborhood in San Bruno, California, emergency management officials said.
SAN BRUNO, Calif. -- A massive fire burned homes as it roared through a mostly residential neighborhood in the hills south of San Francisco following an explosion early Thursday evening.
A huge fire left a swath of destroyed and burning homes across a several block area Thursday evening as bright walls of flame and thick smoke shot into the Bay Area city of San Bruno. The blaze was raging in...
Hundreds of residents evacuated by a wildfire that has destroyed at least 169 houses in the Colorado foothills were being temporarily allowed back to their homes Thursday.
A Colorado wildfire that has destroyed 170 homes showed no signs of relenting Thursday as wind gusts of more than 40 mph fueled fears that the flames would move east from the Rocky Mountain foothills and into the heart of Boulder, where some residents were warned to be ready to flee.
The homes next door and down the block from Toni Booker's Detroit house have been vacant for months, covered in gang graffiti and stripped of anything valuable.
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SAN BRUNO, Calif. - A massive fire burned homes as it roared through a mostly residential neighbourhood in the hills south of San Francisco following a loud explosion Thursday evening that shot a fireball more than 1,000 feet (304 metres) into the air and sent frightened residents fleeing for safety, witnesses said.