A suspect has been taken into custody by the San Francisco police department following a house explosion and fire on Thursday in the city's Sunset District that left one person dead.
A 53-year-old resident of San Francisco has been charged with manslaughter, drug manufacturing and two counts of endangering children, according to SFPD's Raj Vaswani.
A police source tells KPIX that the suspect turned himself in after being contacted by investigators. The San Francisco police department's special Investigations/arson task force made the arrest on Friday, according to a police spokesman. At least one person was killed and two others, including a firefighter, were injured when a home in the 1700 block of 22nd Avenue exploded and caught fire Thursday morning. The explosion shattered nearby windows and the house completely collapsed on itself.According to a police source, the deceased victim who was found in the home was an elderly woman whose caretaker, while doing a load of laundry, started the dryer which may have sparked the blast.Special Investigations/Arson Task Force.
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