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Fire department describes third-alarm explosion on 20 Second Avenue and multi-agency investigation
Summary
Deputy Chief Robert Postel told the commission crews encountered a partially collapsed, fully involved house after a Feb. 9 explosion at 20 Second Avenue that resulted in a fatality; the fire exposed adjacent buildings, triggered a multi-agency response and led to an after-action review with DEM, SFPD, ATF, DPH and DBI.
Deputy Chief Robert Postel described a Feb. 9 third-alarm explosion at 20 Second Avenue that left one person dead and caused significant structural damage to neighboring buildings.
Postel said initial crews found the house partially collapsed into the street with live downed power lines and heavy fire that made entry unsafe. "The survivability profile of anybody that had been in that structure…
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