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Explosion at the Hilton San Diego Injures 14 Construction Workers

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May 20, 2008 at 9:00 AM | by | Comments (2)

A frightening explosion ripped through a corner of The Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel which is still under construction near the city's convention center, injuring 14 workers. Five of the workers are in critical condition.

About four lower floors of the waterfront skyscraper near the San Diego Convention Center showed serious damage and debris littered a driveway beneath the area. Facade material dangled from the structure, drapes dangled out windows, and a large equipment room with tanks and pipes was left exposed.

While the blast was original thought to have been a possible terrorist attack, the Deputy Fire-Rescue Chief Perry Peake said the explosion "appeared to have been caused by a mechanical failure or gas."

The 30-story hotel was scheduled to open on December 3, 2008, according to Hilton's Web site.

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Re: Explosion at the Hilton San Diego...

This is scary... I was staying at the Humphrys San Diego when this happened, and luckily not near the Hilton.  My cousin is a construction worker but he wasn't at the Hilton luckily.  Of all the great San Diego Beach Hotels, its a shame that this happened. I was going to stay at the Hilton on my next visit but I guess I'll just have to stay at the Hotel Del.
vegasman2 on October 28, 2008 at 6:06 PM #Permalink

Explosion...

What a terrible scare!
It was heard at many of the nearby San Diego Beach Hotels. I sure hope the construction workers are all OK and that they were given praise and several San Diego Hotel Discounts!
gauchogirl on December 6, 2008 at 11:41 PM #Permalink

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