Overview
- Deputies and Heartland Fire & Rescue responded just before 12:30 p.m. Sunday to the 8300 block of Broadway in Lemon Grove.
- They determined a minor explosion occurred in the living room of a unit within an apartment complex.
- A man believed to be in his 30s was driven by a neighbor to a hospital with injuries described as non-life-threatening.
- Officials were told the injured resident suffered second-degree burns.
- The Sheriff’s Bomb/Arson Unit continues to investigate, and authorities say preliminary evidence involves a propane tank used for heat while utilities were unavailable.