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# Natural gas leak triggers explosion
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/natural-gas-leak-triggers-explosion/
- Published: 2002-02-05T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T00:00:27.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Real Estate & Housing, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

One person was injured and two apartments were destroyed Friday night after a leaking natural gas line sparked an explosion at a building on the 1300 block of Berkeley Street.

The hurt person was treated at the scene for minor injuries, according to the Santa Monica Fire Department. Two of the building’s seven apartments were deemed “unsafe to enter” by the fire department, while a third was damaged. The explosion occurred at about 8 p.m. Friday.

A contractor had worked on a heater in one of the damaged units earlier that day, the fire department said.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 5, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/020502.pdf?ref=smdp.com)