mains may have caused some fires to break out. and then here s what it looked like when rock slides shut down 178 in concern county last night. we re looking at the aftermath in a liquor store in ridgecrest. what a mess. you can imagine the cost of the damage from this earthquake, what that might be for proprietors like that. if you to look close loy, you can see the lights swaying. can you imagine on this roller coast center scary enough that coaster 80 alone with the sways. basketball fans in an nba game in las vegas, they headed right for the exits once the arena started shaking. while most people stayed put through the tremors. people were kind of spooked and hesitant. they didn t know whether pausing and looking to move and walk away. they didn t know whether to run out or stay in place and hope for the best. we were actually kind of running away so we were in line still and we felt like the whole
route 178 in two different locations, from the san bernardino kern county line to 14.7 miles east of the san bernardino-kern county line, there is an additional full closure at 4.1 miles east of the junction. that s state route 184 and kern canyon due to the rock slide. the cracks will be filled by maintenance crews with cold mix asphalt. other routes impacted were 127 and 190. there were rock slides on both routes tonight. they have both been cleared and both roads are now open. i ll be followed by health and human services. good evening. deputy secretary at the health and human services agency. we have fully activated and deployed services at the emergency medical services authority of the california department of public health and the california department of social services. we re in close contact with all of the health care facilities in
ridgecrest that followed a 6.4 quake the day before. both of them are stronger than any quake in the area in the last two decades. caltrans now beginning to patch and fix roads can and clear rock slides in the area. residents urged to gather more supplies in case of yet another large quake. an explosion happened earlier today in plantation, florida, five hours ago. 21 people injured, two seriously, no deaths. let s go to morning cesky. what s going to be next? reporter: richard, we do know right now that federal investigators are here on the scene of this plantation shopping center going through it with local authorities, you will trying to pin down the big question, the exact cause of this blast at 11:28 this morning when so many people were inside the shopping center behind me. some people at a gym, others in nearby businesses. everyone feeling that incredible blast as it threw out windows
media, we ll let out a press release as soon as we identify when the next press conference will be held. thank you for your time. we have been following a news conference by kern county officials it s the ep septemb september epicenter of tonight s 7.1 earthquake namely in a place called ridgecrest where there s a lot of recorded damage ruptures gas line, gas leaks, fires we ve been told have been put out, damage to roads, rock slides and area of highway 178 still closed, others repaired and reopened. we heard from fire officials, military, fire, transportation officials. we heard the white house was called for federal assistance. search and rescue teams
however, highway 178 had rock slides, and it shut down in two places. and there were some problems with, you know it, water lines breaking and so forth. in terms of the actual, the houses and stuff, i ve heard stories of block walls being knocked over. obviously the two structure fires that we know about. i actually saw one. i happened to be eating dinner, and i came out and saw one of the fighters. it was actually the trailer park. as to the state of most of the homes in the area, we don t know yet. people are individually posting pictures on facebook and so forth, but there s been no general assessment of the damage at this point. hard to see until the sun comes up. reporter: yep. yep. so often we see communities come together. we see at outpouring of support, of people who aren t as impacted by others, although with an earthquake that damage is widespread i would imagine. tell us a little about your community and what you ve seen