"When you add in combustible gas as a heat source...You've got a really dangerous recipe for explosions." So far, no one has been hurt at the encampment fires where propane tanks have burst.
Gas from a five-gallon propane tank were expelled and lit, firefighters say, causing an explosion. The explosion pushed out a wall of the home. It's unclear how much other damage was done.
Gas and electrical utilities shut off to prevent further damage. (FOX40.COM) — Sacramento Metro Fire responded to a propane tank explosion at a duplex in Citrus Heights on Tuesday morning.
A Discount Propane truck, which had been refilling the gas, remained parked outside. Videos of the aftermath circulated on social media, with some describing the explosion as resembling an earthquake.