A gas explosion sparked a major fire in a San Francisco Bay Area neighborhood on Thursday, shattering windows in nearby homes and sending thick smoke into the air. Fire officials said six people were taken to hospitals with injuries.

Footage captured by a Ring doorbell camera and shared on social media showed a massive blast ripping through a large building in Hayward. “We were sitting in the house and it just ... everything shook. Stuff fell off the walls and when we looked at the camera it was like you were watching a war video,” said Brittany Maldonado, who provided the footage to ABC7 News.

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said a construction crew that was not employed by the utility struck an underground gas line at about 7:35 a.m. local time. Utility crews isolated the damaged line and s

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