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The San Bruno pipeline explosion occurred at 6:11 pm PDT on September 9, 2010, in San Bruno, California, when a 30-inch (76 cm) diameter steel natural gas pipeline owned by Pacific Gas & Electric exploded into flames in the Crestmoor residential neighborhood 2 miles (3.2 km) west of San Francisco International Airport [4] near Skyline Boulevard and San Bruno Avenue. [5]
My daily commute takes me within a mile or two of the massive San Bruno gas pipeline explosion that rocked the San Francisco Bay Area on Sept. 9. I worked from home that day, avoiding a trip down ...
2010: Dalian Pipeline disaster – The explosion of two petroleum pipelines and subsequent fire in the port of Dalian, in northern China's Liaoning province on Saturday, on July 17, 2010, caused fatalities, damages and an ecological disaster, releasing 11,000 barrels of oil into the Yellow Sea, and covering up, according to different sources, from 50 to 430 km 2 of sea and coast lines.
The most recent was the 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion that killed at least four people, injured 60 and more victims are still missing. [19] Portions of the San Bruno pipeline had been built in 1956. In ideal situations, pipeline inspection gauges or a “PIG” (see Pigging) is used to inspect and ensure the safe operation of natural gas ...
City of San Bruno Files Claim with California Public Utilities Commission; Recommends PG&E Shareholders Should Pay $2.25 Billion Fine for San Bruno Blast and Fire SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE ...
State and local authorities have provided a recommendation to the California Public Utilities Commission that PG&E Corp. (NYSE: PCG) should pay $2.25 billion for a natural gas pipeline explosion ...
Picture of the day. Destruction caused by a natural gas pipeline explosion, which took place on September 9, 2010, in San Bruno, California, a suburb of San Francisco. Defective welds in the pipeline caused the gas to leak, which then caused the explosion.
In an unimaginable real estate disaster, a flame-filled explosion ripped through the San Francisco suburb of San Bruno on Thursday night, destroying 53 homes. Reportedly caused by a ruptured gas ...