Police respond to explosion rocking Palm Springs, CA: 'It felt like a bomb went off'

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- Officials successful California accidental constabulary and firefighters are responding to an detonation that rocked the metropolis of Palm Springs.

The metropolis of Palm Springs said Saturday successful a societal medial station that the detonation happened astatine 11 a.m. section clip and that residents were being asked to debar the country astir North Indian Canyon Drive adjacent East Tachevah Drive.

Investigators from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are connected their mode to the country to assistance measure what happened, according to spokesperson Nicole Lozano.

Nima Tabrizi, 37, of Santa Monica, said helium was wrong a cannabis dispensary adjacent erstwhile helium felt a monolithic explosion.

"The gathering conscionable shook, and we spell extracurricular and there's monolithic unreality smoke," Tabrizi said. "Crazy explosion. It felt similar a weaponry went off. ... We went up to the scene, and we saw quality remains."

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Palm Springs is simply a tony assemblage successful the godforsaken astir a two-hour thrust westbound of Los Angeles, known for upscale resorts and a past of personage residents.

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