Update by the edhat staff
Santa Maria officials are reporting four people were injured in a home explosion on Wednesday.
The house located at 1219 Jackie Lane was essentially leveled after a suspected gas-related issue. Officials evacuated the area that affected ten nearby houses.
Four people were injured following the incident. One woman was extricated from the destroyed home, another woman was extricated from an adjacent home, and two other people located behind the home were injured.
The official cause of the explosion has yet to be determined.
By the Santa Maria Police Department
On 8/23/23 at 1210 hours Santa Maria Police Officers were detailed to the 1200 block of Jackie Lane for a possible explosion inside a residence.
The situation quickly evolved into an active structure fire, and SMPD Officers responded and found a residence engulfed with flames.
Officers immediately established search teams and went into residences, searching for and extracting residents, who are now receiving medical treatment.
At this time, the exact cause of this situation is unknown, and this is an active investigation.
Photos: Santa Maria Fire Department
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Holy moly!
…I was wrong- Natural gas leak went Boom.
When you say “I’m going to go out on a limb” and “I was wrong” you are only trying to camouflage your obsession with seeing all things as either criminal plots or conspiracy from the left and such. You would be a more honorable person if you admitted that you too freely speculate in harmful ways.
Just curious COAST, if this happened in Montecito, would your “assessment” be the same? Of course not. It never is. Any time there is a residential fire or explosion north of Goleta, it garners the same, baseless comments about drug labs. Tiresome.