Sacramento neighborhood safe after explosion The Associated Press RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif.—The neighborhood where an explosion destroyed a home on Christmas Eve, killing one person and injuring five others, was shut down briefly on Thursday Shox Energiaafter residents noticed a strong gas smell permeating the area. An investigation on Christmas morning revealed a leaking five-gallon propane tank, which was then sealed. The neighborhood has since been reopened. Investigators don't believe the leaking tank was related to Wednesday's explosion, and officials believe the area is safe again. "The area is considered safe at this time," said Jeff Smith, spokesman with PG&E. Officials believe Wednesday's explosion was caused by a natural gas leak. It destroyed one Shox Cognescentihouse, leaving only charred remains at the end of a residential cul-de-sac, and damaged two others. Fire officials estimated the structural damage to be approximately $700,000. The affected homes have been cordoned off, but a voluntary evacuation issued Wednesday has been lifted. The National Transportation Safety Board will take over the investigation into the source of the natural gas leak on Monday, but PG&E crews Shox 2:45will remain on the scene until then to make sure the area remains safe, Smith said. Fire investigators have not yet determined what ignited the flames. "The cause is undetermined because of so many variables," said Capt. Christian Pebbles with the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District. "There are many possible sources—a light switch, a pilot light, static electricity." The explosion sent three victims to the University of California, Davis medical complex in Sacramento in critical condition. One of those victims, Wilbert Paana, 72, suffered a severe abdominal injuries and has died, according to hospital spokeswoman Phyllis Brown. Brown identified the other burn victims Shox BB4as Kim Dickson, in her mid- 40s, who is in critical condition, and 17-year-old Sunny Dickson, who was transferred later in the day to nearby Shriners Hospital for Children. Officials could not immediately say where the Dicksons and Paana were when the home exploded. Two others, including a utility worker, had lesser injuries. A firefighter was also injured and taken to Mercy San Juan Medical Center. He was treated and released, according to Pebbles. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. crews had been called to the street earlier in the day after someone reported smelling gas and were on scene when the home exploded. The injured utility worker was standing in the street at the time of the blast and was hospitalized with slight burns to the hand and cuts to the head, PG&E spokesman Brian Swanson said. Another utility worker had been in the Shox Electricneighborhood all morning investigating the report of a natural gas smell, he said. She was replaced in the afternoon by the employee who was injured. John Turner, who lives in a duplex about two blocks from the leveled home, said he heard "a big boom" shortly after 1:30 p.m. "It sounded like something had fallen on my roof," he said in a telephone interview. "I saw flames about as high as the house next door ... the smoke was billowing from that area." Turner, 30, said he did not smell anything but saw two PG&E trucks near the explosion site when he walked out of his house. Joe Helton, 33, said he was one of the first to arrive at the destroyed home and saw a woman from theShox TR house. "I asked her if there was anybody else in the house and she said her dad was in the house. So I ran to where the garage was, but it was pretty much smoke and fire in there," he said. Helton said he helped two next-door neighbors get out of their house and sat the injured PG&E worker down in a chair. He and others then discovered a man buried under wood shingles and debris about 10 feet from the sidewalk. "We started pulling stuff away. You couldn't even tell he was there; the stuff was covering him," Helton said. The cul-de-sac where the home was located backs up to Highway 50, a major route between Sacramento and South Shox Turbo OZLake Tahoe that had heavy Christmas Eve traffic. Rancho Cordova is about 10 miles east of the state capital. ——— Associated Press Writers Don Thompson in Sacramento and Terry Collins in San Francisco contributed to this report.

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