An explosion erupted inside a vacant apartment on Hartland Street, near Van Nuys Boulevard and Vanowen Street, before 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 29, 2026. The blast injured two maintenance workers who were applying epoxy to reglaze a bathtub.
Los Angeles Fire Department crews responded to the scene. The workers were using epoxy, a material that can ignite, when the explosion occurred. The apartment was unoccupied at the time of the incident.