Sacramento County authorities continue to investigate an explosion that seriously injured a woman inside an Arden Arcade apartment Monday evening. An infant inside the residence reportedly was not injured.
The 7:17 p.m. blast inside the apartment’s kitchen at the Howe Manor complex on the 900 block of Howe Avenue caused “moderate to severe” injury to the woman’s hand, said Metro Fire Capt. Mark Nunez, and was strong enough to cause damage to the apartment’s windows, ceilings and cabinets.
The blast was originally thought to have been caused by fireworks, but Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District officials later dismissed that as the cause, Nunez said…