An explosion and fire apparently involving a leaking propane tank in the cargo area of a box truck damaged that vehicle and several others Thursday in Boyle Heights, but no one was hurt.
Firefighters sent to the 900 block of South Grande Vista Avenue at 5:13 a.m. quickly extinguished the fire, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The blast damaged the box truck and about a dozen other vehicles and broke windows in at least four nearby homes, the LAFD reported.
"While the specific cause of the fire has yet to be determined, Investigators are pursuing the possibility that one of several propane tanks stored within the vehicle may have been leaking," the LAFD said in a statement.
The box truck may have been used in connection with the preparation of food, the LAFD reported.
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