UPDATE, 8:54 p.m.: A few minutes ago, an officer radioed into dispatch that the explosion happened “three blocks west of Del Norte.” Didn’t catch a cross street.

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Goddamn.

Goddamn.

That was the biggest boom ever, right, guys? 

The biggest of the booms we have ever experienced struck Eureka a few minutes ago. It was a loud, sharp explosion that set off car alarms all over the LoCO’s current 20, and it seems to have been centered almost certainly around Wabash, but reports are coming in from all around the city.

Scanner traffic isn’t indicating anything.

Post your boom story here, please. We will update.

Goddamn.

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Loud boom at Wabash and Lowell. Any idea what it was? About 20:35.

Posted by Apryle Williams on Saturday, October 3, 2015

Loud Explosion in Eureka shakes neighborhood at 8:40pm pst

Posted by Mark Newcomb on Saturday, October 3, 2015

Anyone hear the huge explosion that just went off in Eureka over by UPS? I saw a bright light them the biggest explosion I have ever heard.

Posted by Hilary Subhadra Anne Peterson on Saturday, October 3, 2015

Also heard it in Cutten. SUPER loud! Where is everyone else who heard it?

Posted by Kristen Conner Stewart on Saturday, October 3, 2015

Just heard a loud boom near zoo. Also was heard in Old Town.

Posted by Doug Brunell on Saturday, October 3, 2015

That was the biggest bang so far…damn.

Posted by Jason Green on Saturday, October 3, 2015

oh god what was that boom?

Posted by Angie O Genesis on Saturday, October 3, 2015

Just heard a huge explosion in eureka,,anyone know what it was?

Posted by Troy Pierce on Saturday, October 3, 2015

Boom at Harris and union

Posted by Robert Willard on Saturday, October 3, 2015

Just heard a loud boom out here in Cutten near Murphy’s Market… sounded like a cannon being shot off. 838 p.m.

Posted by Barbara Sokolow on Saturday, October 3, 2015

Huge boom near Clark & C st. Anyone know what that was?

Posted by Susan Pitlock on Saturday, October 3, 2015