House blown to pieces after gas line ruptures and triggers huge explosion | News US

This is the terrifying moment a gas line explodes in a residential area in the US, causing three buildings to go up in a fireball.

At least six people were injured after the gas line ruptured in Hayward, California, at around 9.30am local time on December 11.

Footage of the incident, which appears to have been captured by a doorbell camera, shows the moment of the gigantic explosion.

While the residential street is seemingly undergoing maintenance, with a worker pictured in hi-vis by a truck next to a portable toilet and traffic cones in the foreground, a digger can be seen on the other side of the street behind them.

As the gas line erupts, three buildings immediately went up in a terrifying explosion that sounds like a bomb.

Hundreds of pieces of debris are scattered in the air and the worker in the foreground ducks for cover before they come crashing down.

A huge cloud of dust then appears from the rubble as the street falls silent for a moment.

Two voices, of a man and a woman, can then be heard as they react in shock, inaudibly, to the explosion.

They appear to be the owners of the house where the incident was caught on camera as a person’s arm can be seen to the right of the video on the porch.

Later the sound of sirens and people shouting are heard and a fire can be seen coming from the site of the explosion.

Photos taken in the aftermath of the incident show law enforcement – and a clean-up crew in helmets, gloves and bright orange shirts – walking around the remains of the buildings that were destroyed.

The remnants of the structures, including wood, are now debris.

Filing cabinets, furniture and a ladder can be seen strewn across the explosion site.

USA Today reports Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) was told around 7.35am that a construction crew hit an underground gas line while working at a property.

The company said the construction workers were not affiliated with it.

Utility crews found gas leaking at two different locations.

The flow of gas was stopped at around 9.25am – but the explosion happened about 10 minutes later, according to the company.

Jason King, a spokesman for PG&E, confirmed to SFGATE that the company was told at about 7.35am that the construction crew had damaged the gas line while digging on Lewelling Boulevard.

He said PG&E immediately sent crews to the scene to isolate the line and stop the gas.

King told SFGATE in a statement: ‘The safety of our customers, hometowns and crews is PG&E’s most important responsibility.’

Seventy-five firefighters responded to the explosion. The six injured individuals were hospitalised.

Christian Maldanado, who lives on the street, told KTVU: ‘I heard a loud bang, it shook the whole house.

‘It was scary. It was like a scene from Hollywood. It was unreal.’

Another local, who lives a mile away from where the incident took place, felt the explosion shake his home.

Steve went to check on his aunt as she lives in the area.

He said: ‘I was worried but she finally called me back.’

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