Moment roof is blown off house by gas explosion in California - video

[erronis]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2025/dec/12/moment-roof-is-blown-off-house-by-gas-explosion-in-california-video

A doorbell camera captured the moment an explosion erupted after a gas line rupture in Hayward, California, on Thursday. The incident injured at least six people, according to local news reports.

The explosion in the San Francisco Bay Area broke out about 9.30am, several hours after a construction crew allegedly damaged a gas pipe

[WarGamer]

1. Wonder how the guy in the loader in front of the house fared.

[erronis]

2. I saw that piece of equipment and wondered if it was what caused the gas line damage.

That is one very scary event.

[Brother Buzz]

5. Feds to investigate massive Hayward explosion that left 6 injured

The explosion occurred Thursday shortly after 9 a.m. A construction crew, unrelated to PG&E, reportedly damaged a gas line around 7:30 that morning, according to PG&E spokesperson Jason King. PG&E said the gas was released in multiple locations, and the flow of gas was not stopped until 9:25 a.m. — about 10 minutes before the explosion.

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/feds-investigate-massive-hayward-explosion-21239373.php

[justaprogressive]

3. K'n'F*ing R!

Where I was living at the time, a house blew up about
100yds from us at 2:30AM.

The grade-school teacher who lived there had had the
gas company come over on 3 separate occasions to
check for leakage, 'cause she smelled gas...

Each time they said nothing was wrong.


By sheer chance, the night her house became splinters, she was
spending the night at a friend's house.

A time-bomb in your house? No thank you!

[OC375]

4. Use To Happen With Some Regularity in MSP

Haven't seen one in the news for a while.

[QueerDuck]

6. 😲😢

[ProfessorGAC]

7. House Was Decimated

I saw an intentionally BLEVE at New Nexico Tech back in the 90s.
We were 200 yards away or more & it was still scary.
The compound had a higher rate of combustion than natural gas, but not that much.
That had to be one heck of a bang.

[usonian]

8. There were hours for gas to fill that structure before valves could be closed.

Ouch

[BWdem4life]

9. Check your furnaces

We had an inspection done and our 3-year-old furnace was leaking gas. Probably installed badly.