Home explodes in Southwest Bakersfield

Home explodes in Southwest Bakersfield

THE HOME OF AN EXPLOSION THATHAPPENED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON INSOUTHWESTBAKERSFIELD.23ABC'S DANIELA GARRIDO JOINS USLIVE IN STUDIO WITH MORE ONTHE FIRE THAT SENT THE RESIDENTSRUNNING.DANIELA?A HOME NEAR MING AND BUENA VISTAROAD EXPLODED INTOFLAMES YESTERDAY AFTERNOONCAUSING THREEPEOPLE INSIDE THE HOME TO FLEE.THIS MORNING, ARSON UNITS ARESTILL INVESTIGATINGWHAT MAY HAVE CAUSED THE FIRE.THIS WAS THE BLAZE TUESDAYAFTERNOON AS PEOPLE DROVE BYA HOME EXPLOSION IN SOUTHWESTBAKERSFIELD DURING RUSH HOURTRAFFIC.THE HOME JUST BEHIND A BUSYSHOPPING CENTER AND NEXTTO BAKERSFIELD FIRE STATION 15..BURST INTO FLAMES AROUND 5IN THE AFTERNOON.THIS MORNING, THE BAKERSFIELDPOLICE DEPARTMENTIDENTIFYING THE THREE PEOPLE WHOWERE INSIDE THE RESIDENCEWHEN IT HAPPENED..TWO OF THE THREE EXPLOSIONVICTIMS RAN FROM THE FIREWITH BURN INJURIES..A 59-YEAR-OLD MAN WITH MODERATEINJURIESA 38-YEAR-OLD MAN WITH MODERATETO MAJOR INJURIESAND AN 18-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO WASDETAINEDACCORDING TO B-P-D, THE 18-YEAR-OLD WAS QUESTIONED ANDRELEASED AND IS NOT CONSIDERED ASUSPECT AT THIS TIME.MORE THAN 300-THOUSAND DOLLARSIN DAMAGE TO THEHOME WAS REPORTED.THE HOME NOW MOSTLY DESTROYED.ACCORDING TO THE POLICEDEPARTMENT, NO NEARBYPROPERTIES WERE AFFECTED.THE BAKERSFIELD POLICEDEPARTMENT IS STILLINVESTIGATING THIS SCENE AND WEWILL CONTINUE TOUPDATE YOU THROUGH OUR WEBSITETURN TO 23.COM AS MOREINFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKEDTO THE BAKERSFIELDPOLICE DEPARTMENT AT 327-7111.LIVE IN STUDIO, DANIELA GARRIDO,23 ABC NEWS CONNECTING YOU.THIS AFTERNOON -- SERVICEPROVIDERS AND LANDLORDS WILL