WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Over 30 residents are displaced after an explosion Sunday morning at an apartment complex in West Sacramento.
West Sacramento Fire Department spokesman Deputy Chief Mark Cullison said first responders are still looking into what caused the explosion just after 10:30 a.m. at Washington Courtyard apartments on 7th Street that injured two people, affected 14 units and displaced 34 residents.
The two people injured were not sent to the hospital, he said.
“Our closest fire station, in fact, had heard the explosion from where they were at,” Cullison said. “We sent a commercial structure fire response, which is our heaviest response for this sort of thing.”
Authorities said they are looking to see if it was a gas leak but could not confirm a cause. A Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) truck was spotted at the scene. Cullison said investigators are also looking into a unit under construction at the time of the incident.
"We are aware that an incident has occurred," PG&E said in a statement to ABC10. "We have a crew on the scene in the 500 block of 7th (Street) in West Sacramento. PG&E responded and assisted with first responders in making the area safe. We are working with first responders to investigate the circumstances of the incident."
PG&E said it will share more information on restoration as it becomes available.
By virtue of an automatic aid agreement, the Sacramento Fire Department is assisting with the incident and helping West Sacramento firefighters ensure the building does not collapse further, Cullison said.
“Nobody is allowed back in the building right now,” he said.
Washington Courtyard apartments offer one to four bedroom units, and the complex houses 90 units total, according to its website.
The complex is operated by AWI Management Corporation, which is the same parent company that owns Cottonwood Senior Apartments where a ruptured sprinkler supply line displaced 80 senior residents on May 12.
AWI is headquartered in Auburn and offers housing in California, Arizona and Hawaii. They did not immediately respond to ABC10’s request for comment Sunday.
