A gas explosion set off a major fire in a San Francisco Bay Area neighborhood on Thursday after obliterating at least one home, blowing out windows and shaking nearby houses. Six people were taken to hospitals for injuries, fire officials said. | AP

A massive blaze at a lumberyard shot flames into the air this morning that could be seen by commuters along I-70 east of downtown Kansas City. Firefighters responded to the blaze around 6:15 a.m. at the Central Missouri Reload Inc. lumberyard, said Battalion Chief Michael Hopkins, a spokesman for the Kansas City Fire Department. The CMR is a company that provides customers a direct connection to rail car load services via a rail-served public warehouse environment. “Based on its (the fire’s) loc