The cause is preliminarily believed to be a natural gas leak, with utility workers at the scene because of a gas odor when the explosion occurred.

SAN FRANCISCO — A gas explosion set off a major fire in a San Francisco Bay Area neighborhood on Thursday after obliterating at least one home, blowing out windows and shaking nearby houses. Six people were taken to hospitals for injuries, fire officials said.

An explosion on Saturday afternoon suspected to have been caused by a gas leak prompted authorities to shut down a major freeway in Los Angeles County and order residents to shelter in place.

A construction crew blamed for digging into a gas line before a home exploded near Hayward this month had dug into a nearby gas line months earlier, according to residents and authorities with knowledge of the case.

The explosion is the latest in a series of gas-safety incidents involving PG&E, evoking memories of a 2010 blast in San Bruno that killed eight people

Six injured, homes damaged after a PG&E‑related gas line strike sparked a three‑alarm blast near Hayward. See the startling video and what to know.

An explosion and fire rocked a Shell gas station at 16th and Guerrero streets in the Mission, sending smoke over San Francisco.

An explosion was reported Tuesday at the facility that was recently rebranded as the Bristol Health & Rehab Center.

A gas explosion started a major fire in a San Francisco Bay Area neighborhood on Thursday, damaging several homes and sending heavy smoke into the air.

NYCHA tenants in the Bronx still face disruptions from an October gas explosion, with ongoing cooking gas outages and emotional impacts.