Fremont utility crews have been working to restore power — and combat the rumor mill — after many there were hit by outages ...

One comment in particular caught my eye. And no, the water won’t cause a steam explosion. There’s a guy on youtube (myfordlover, I think) who disproves that myth with molten iron ...

“Everyone thought it was smoke, but it wasn’t.” Brasile said it’s not the first time his trucks have responded to a steam explosion. “When it happens, it can be really loud,” he said.

The direct cause of the explosion was an over-pressure of steam in a miserable boiler, and the man in Canada, as alleged, who built it, had no more to do with the explosion than the shade of Peter ...