In Sacramento, California, a mild explosion was initially thought to be related to fireworks, but this was later found to be unproven.
Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District crews are investigating an explosion that injured a woman Monday evening at an apartment in the Arden-Arcade area.
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By Richard Ramos
Updated on: March 17, 2026 / 10:35 AM PDT / CBS Sacramento
Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District crews are investigating an explosion that injured a woman Monday evening at an apartment in the Arden-Arcade area.
Metro Fire said crews responded around 7:17 p.m. to a complex along Howe Avenue, a few blocks north of
Fair Oaks Boulevard, for a reported commercial fire and a hand injury that was initially believed to be
caused by fireworks.
Firefighters located a woman inside a unit who had suffered a hand injury as a result of an explosion that authorities
later determined did not involve fireworks.
There was no active fire that followed the explosion.
The woman was treated at the scene and then transported to a local hospital for further medical care. Her injury was described as moderate to severe, though the exact extent remains unknown at this time, Metro Fire said.
An infant was also taken to a hospital as a precaution, officials said.
Metro Fire said the explosion
caused damage inside the apartment, including to windows, the ceiling and cabinets. The cause of the explosion remains under investigation, but investigators determined it was not due to a firework.
A powerful explosion rocks the neighborhood at 17th and Robb Street,
Lakewood, Colorado.
A family is safe but forced from their home following an explosion at their apartment complex Monday afternoon.
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Published: Mar. 17, 2026 at 3:55 AM PDT
LAKEWOOD, Colo. (KKTV) - A family is safe but forced from their home following an explosion at their apartment complex Monday afternoon.
West Metro Fire Rescue says it received numerous 911 calls just before 5 p.m. from tenants at a complex near 17th and Robb Street, all reporting hearing a loud boom. Responding firefighters found one apartment with substantial damage.
“The family was inside at the time; one person suffered minor injuries,” the fire department said in a social media post. “The explosion blew out the back patio door, shattered a second-floor window, and lifted the roof approximately an inch and a half. Due to the structural damage, the home is unsafe to occupy.”
The cause of the explosion remains under investigation. There are no reports of damage to any other units.
A boom echoes in an East German town in Philadelphia, PA, and a fire erupts afterward.
4 hurt, including firefighter, in East Germantown rowhome fire, officials say
Published March 17, 2026 • Updated 37 minutes ago
Officials said four people were hurt -- including a firefighter -- in a rowhome fire that kept crews busy early Tuesday along
High Street in Philadelphia's East Germantown community.
According to fire officials, three people at the home were hurt in a fire that erupted at a property along the 500 block of High Street at about 7:11 a.m. on Tuesday.
Tammeka Hinson told NBC10 she and others were inside the home when the fire started.
"Only thing I know is I was asleep and I heard a big pow and I looked over and there were flames," she said.
Hinson said she initially tried to use water to put out the fire but ran outside as the flames grew. She also said a man she was with rushed back inside the home to save his mother.
"I ran out the house and I started banging on doors," she said. "He came out. He came from the back. He climbed upstairs and busted a window to try to save his mother. Everybody showed up."
Cellphone video obtained by NBC10 shows firefighters using an axe to break through the roof and knocking a window open to save the woman who was trapped inside.
Another video shows first responders performing life-saving measures on someone on top of the roof.
Three people, including the woman, were taken to the hospital. Officials said one of the victims is in critical condition while the other two are stable.
"We're praying for her," Ernest Allen, a neighbor, told NBC10. "Hopefully she made it. They are good people right there."
Also, officials said, while responding to the incident, a firefighter was injured when he suffered burns at the scene.
He was hospitalized in stable condition, officials said.
When crews arrived at the scene, fire officials said, both the first and second floors of the property were engulfed in flames.
As of about 7:45 a.m., crews were still working to extinguish the flames.
Officials have not identified the victims injured in the incident or revealed the cause of the fire.
But, an investigation is underway, officials said.
NBC10 is working to learn more.
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