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Two electricians were critically injured in an industrial fire in San Jose.

Burn injuries: Two electricians who were badly burned in a San Jose industrial fire on Saturday remain in critical condition in the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center burn unit.

•   Two electrical workers were working on an electrical panel when a flash fire occurred.

•   Both of the men suffered serious burn injuries and were hospitalized in a specialized burn unit.

•   Both men remain in critical condition.

•   Cal/OSHA is investigating the accident.

San Jose firefighters were dispatched to 71 Daggett Drive at 9 a.m. after a report of a flash fire, according to a report in the San Jose Mercury News.

San Jose fire Captain Reggie Williams said one of the electricians was unconscious on the ground and the other was walking around when firefighters arrived at the scene.

The men had been doing some electrical work on the property. They were connecting wires for the main building to an electrical panel when the fire broke out, Williams said.

“Some kind of flash fire occurred at the electrical box,” Williams told the Mercury News. “I don’t know if they crossed wires or what. It set both of the workers on fire. They were able to exit the immediate location and roll around on the ground to put the fire out.”

The men were transported to the burn unit at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in critical condition.  One of them men suffered burn injuries over 65 percent of his body, while the the other was burned on about 30 percent of his body, the Mercury News reported in an update on Wednesday. Both men are still in critical condition.

San Jose police, Pacific Gas and Electric, and the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) were called to the scene to investigate the fire.

Cal/OSHA spokesman Greg Siggins said the agency is investigating the electricians’ employer, JAE Electric of Santa Clara. The probe could take up to six months to complete, Siggins said.

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One person was killed and three others injured when a big-rig slammed into stopped cars on Highway 41 in Lemoore.

Fatal big-rig crash: A man was killed and three other people were injured Saturday when a semi truck plowed into a group of three cars stopped at a light on Highway 41 in Lemoore.

•   A truck failed to slow down at an intersection on a rural highway and plowed into a pickup truck stopped at a stoplight.

•   The truck burst into flames, trapping the driver inside. He died at the scene.

•   The fire spread to two other vehicles, which were forced by the impact into the intersection. One hit a streetlight and the other crashed into a power pole.

•   The drivers of those two cars suffered burn injuries.

The rural highway accident occurred at 7:54 a.m., according to a report in the Hanford Sentinel.

California Highway Patrol Officer Jerry Pierce said a southbound big-rig driven by 21-year-old Harpal Singh Sandhu of Clovis failed to slow down at Hanford-Armona road and slammed into a 1996 Chevy S-10 pickup truck.

The pickup truck immediately burst into flames and the driver, a 46-year-old man from Huron, was trapped inside the vehicle. He died at the scene.

The fire spread to the two vehicles in front of the pickup truck, both of which were launched into the intersection. One of the vehicles struck a streetlight and the other crashed into a power pole.

One of the motorists, 59-year-old Jack Leal of Lemoore, suffered burn injuries to his hair and face as well as lacerations to his nose and lip. Another motorist, 43-year-old Melissa Dodd of Riverdale, complained of pain to her neck and back.

The big-rig driver sustained burns on his left leg.

Officials closed the highway for several hours to clear the scene and conduct a preliminary investigation. This was the second time in two consecutive days that a big-rig failed to stop at an intersection and caused a fatal accident in the Hanford/Lemoore area.  (Read more: Hanford: Big-Rig Runs Stop Sign, Slams Car in Fatal Crash)

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A boat caught fire on Lake Oroville during the Fourth of July celebration.

A woman was hospitalized with serious burn injuries after a boat caught fire during a Fourth of July celebration on Lake Oroville, about 80 miles north of Sacramento.

•   A family was celebrating the Fourth of July on Lake Oroville when their boat suddenly caught fire.

•   At least one person suffered serious burn injuries and was taken to a hospital to be treated.

•   Rangers are still investigating the cause of the fire. They do not know if it was an explosion or a flashover.

The boat fire was reported at about 9 p.m., according to an article in the Oroville Mercury-Register. State Parks Ranger Travis Gee said several people called 911 to report the fire.

The boat had just left Foreman Island, which is located on the North part of Lake Oroville, near the Foreman Creek Access Area off of the Oro-Quincy Highway, KHSL News reported.

Family members said the engine suddenly burst into flames. They said a 27-year-old woman suffered severe burns. They indicated that a younger girl on the boat also was burned, although no other news stories reported that.

The family flagged down a nearby boater, who helped get them off of the boat and transported the injured woman to a parking lot on shore, where she was taken — apparently by friends or family — to Oroville Hospital.

Cal Fire-Butte County Capt. Marcus Ekdahl told the Mercury-Register there was a delay in getting to the victim because rescue units did not know whether the other boat that was transporting the victim to the Loafer Creek Campground parking lot or the lot at Foreman Creek.

Ekdahl said an engine did arrive at Foreman Creek at about 9:30 p.m., but the injured woman had already left.

Park rangers told KHSL that fire crews and boats around the lake were prepared for any emergency that might occur in conjunction with the fireworks show, but the boat fire started away from any of those units.

Rangers said they do not believe the fireworks had anything to do with the boat fire, but they don’t know what did cause it.

“We’re not sure if it was an explosion or a flashover,” park ranger Travis Gee said. “That is still under investigation.”

The California State Parks Department impounded the burned boat and will inspect it to determine what caused the fire or explosion.

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