Home TV Schedule / What's On Advertise Contact Us Blogs Spotlight Community Affairs South L.A. Gas Explosion Hurls People into the Street It was not known whether the victims were inside the building at the time of the blast. A major gas explosion leveled a welding business in South Los Angeles. (KT...

AP - An apparent natural gas explosion at a welding shop Friday collapsed part of the building and hurled two workers into the street, killing one and leaving the other in critical condition, fire officials said.

An explosion at a welding shop in south Los Angeles killed one person and critically injured another Friday morning, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

LOS ANGELES - A catastrophic gas explosion blew the roof off a South Los Angeles welding shop early Friday, hurtling one victim to his death and electrocuting a second man on the street, fire officials said.