Multiple Firefighters Injured in Pressurized Tank Explosion in Los Angeles

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Two Los Angeles firefighters were critically injured and several others hurt in an explosion in Wilmington while trying to extinguish a fire on a truck with pressurized tanks, with at least seven firefighters transported to the hospital. The cause of the explosion, involving either compressed natural gas or transported tanks, is still under investigation.
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