5 Injured When Food Truck Explodes in Whittier; 2 Critical

A fire truck at a fire station in Southern California in a file photo. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

WHITTIER, Calif.—Five people were injured, two critically, in an explosion at a food truck in Whittier July 20, authorities said.

Firefighters and paramedics were dispatched at 9:16 a.m. Saturday to the 6700 block of Greenleaf Avenue, according to a Los Angeles County Fire Department dispatcher.