{"id":6871,"date":"2018-04-08T17:12:53","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T00:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=6871"},"modified":"2018-04-09T09:14:26","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T16:14:26","slug":"torrance-apartment-building-gas-line-explosion-4-people-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=6871","title":{"rendered":"Torrance apartment building gas line explosion, 4 people injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three people were hospitalized with significant injuries and a fourth person had minor injuries after an explosion at a two-story apartment building in Torrance on Sunday, April 8, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The Torrance Fire Department was called out to the 23500 block of Anza Avenue near 236th Street for an explosion at about 1:18 p.m. When firefighters arrived on scene, they found a residential apartment complex with major damage to two units and minor damages to adjoining units, said Steve Treskes, assistant fire chief.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t immediately clear how many other units had minor damages, or how many total units are in the building.<\/p>\n<p>Four people were injured and treated on scene by Torrance Fire Department paramedics. Three were transported to a local hospital, Treskes said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"5acb90db1fbd3\" class=\"iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d13259.929845695066!2d-118.366249432413!3d33.81276568067183!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x80dd4b1818b69e7f%3A0xcfd7dee7afe5f649!2s23500+Anza+Ave%2C+Torrance%2C+CA+90505!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1523224005860\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500px\" scrolling=\"yes\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Gas Company officials were called on to investigate and were confident the blast was a natural gas explosion, Treskes said. Arson and fire investigators late Sunday were still investigating what led up to the explosion.<\/p>\n<p>The fire department\u2019s Hazardous Materials Team performed air sampling and continuous monitoring on scene, Treskes said.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t immediately known if other units in the building were evacuated during the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Anza Avenue was closed in both directions while investigators worked the scene, but was reopened about 3:40 p.m., the department said in a social media post.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three people were hospitalized with significant&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ca-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6871"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6872,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6871\/revisions\/6872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}