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.

"They looked in shock and easily that the explosion took out their ear drum - I assume - because people were trying to talk to them and they were not really hearing it," said Oscar Vazquez, a Hayward resident.

One person has been taken to the hospital after an explosion and fire at a business in Eustis, according to the Eustis Fire Chief Michael Swanson. Chief Swanson said the cause of the fire and explosion remains under investigation and remains a mystery.

A fire disaster triggered by sudden gas explosion on Sunday consumed a building of three-bed room flats in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara state. The

Santo Domingo.- A powerful explosion rocked a residential building in the Villa Marina sector of the National District on Wednesday evening, causing injuries and prompting a full evacuation, authorities report.

The woman who was critically injured and airlifted to a hospital after a fire and an explosion at a Eustis jewelry store last week has died, according to the woman’s friend.