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What was initially reported to the California Highway Patrol as a fire at around 3:42 a.m. Sunday quickly escalated to an explosion and roadway collapse on roadway that connects eastbound Interstate Highway 80 to eastbound Interstate Highway 580, according to a California Highway Patrol dispatcher.
I should have included this in my other post to you. This is from the article it tells you that this happened in CA on hwy 80 and 580 interchange. It would seem obvious it is the CA bay area since the CA highway patrol are the ones who responded and they don't usually go to Mass or some other state when some disaster occurs, just my thoughts on the subject.
We were taught that the first paragraph should contain the who,what,why,where and when of the story. The reason being so that a person could read that paragraph, get the gist of the story and then read on if they so chose.
Nowadays stories are written with a "hook". They give you leading statement or question to get you to read the story. I understand it was only two sentences later but I am used to reading a news story and expecting that info in the first paragraph.
By the way, not everyone knows where the "Bay Bridge" is even if you know they are talking about CA. Assuming they do smacks of arrogance.