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Photos: Explosion rocks S.F.

Officers put up police tape around the site of an explosion in downtown San Francisco, which may have been caused by a transformer below the street.
By Bill Detwiler, Contributor
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Officers put up police tape around the site of a Friday morning explosion in downtown San Francisco. It may have been caused by a transformer below the street.

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Police cordon off a street in downtown San Francisco after an explosion hit near Post and Kearny streets around 10 a.m.

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Crowds gather to catch a glimpse of what caused an explosion near Post and Kearny streets in downtown San Francisco on Friday morning.

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A television reporter interviews a witness after a downtown San Francisco blast blew off a manhole cover, hurt a woman and prompted police to shut down streets.

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