Gas line explosion sets popular San Francisco restaurant Hong Kong Lounge II on fire
ALEJANDRA REYES-VELARDE and RONG-GONG LIN II | Los Angeles Times
A gas line exploded in San Francisco on Wednesday, setting buildings on fire, including one housing one of the Bay Area’s most popular dim sum restaurants.
It took more than two hours before the towering flames, rising as high as three stories, fed by the gas line vanished. The largest flames came from the street next to the Michelin-rated Hong Kong Lounge II, known for its baked pork buns and salt-and-pepper soft-shell crab…read full story here.