SANTA MONICA (KTLA) -- About 100 people were evacuated from the area surrounding a Jewish community center in Santa Monica after an explosion, authorities said.
It happened around 6:45 a.m., just north Chabad House Luvitch of Santa Monica, located in the 1400 block of 17th Street, near Broadway Street.
Police reportedly learned about the explosion when someone reported debris landing on a house nearby.
KTLA's Sky5 captured images of a hole in the roof of the house, with a cylinder-shaped object poking out of it.
The home is next door to the Chabad House Lubavitch of Santa Monica, a Jewish community center about a block from Santa Monica Synagogue.
The cause of the explosion was determined to be some sort of "mechanical failure" not a pipe bomb or any other kind of explosive device.
There were no immediate reports of injuries.
Police evacuated a four-block area around the facility.
The FBI, an LAPD bomb squad and the Santa Monica Police Department were all at the scene.
Broadway Street was closed in the immediate area, and 17th Street was closed between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway.
Police: Mechanical Failure Caused Santa Monica Explosion: MyFoxLA.com
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