Overview
- Fire crews responded just before 11 p.m. to the 3900 block of Miguel Bustamante Parkway in Colton after a hydrogen-fuel trailer exploded and ignited a large fire.
- Technicians had been working on trailers containing hydrogen fuel cells that were not connected to trucks when the blast occurred, according to the Colton Fire Department.
- Responders found a car and a hydrogen trailer fully engulfed and knocked down the flames in about 20 minutes.
- One technician suffered third-degree burns and was transported to a hospital, and a second person was later found dead at the scene.
- A hazardous-materials team cleared the site, neighboring vehicles and a warehouse did not catch fire, and the cause remains undetermined.