Several Injured as Chemical Shed Explodes, Burns
An explosion and fire destroyed a 20,000-square-foot chemical storage shed at a recycling plant here Thursday morning, injuring several employees and incinerating at least two motor vehicles.
The blast rocked this high-desert town in San Bernardino County and hurled a column of smoke and flame hundreds of feet into the air, according to witnesses.
Jim Hyland, a dispatcher with the Hesperia Fire Department, said it was not immediately determined what caused the blast. He said it took 25 firefighters about three hours to extinguish the blaze at the Can Heaven plant in an industrial area of town.
Hyland said several people sustained minor injuries, but he was was unable to provide further details.
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