Large explosion in San Bruno, Ca neighborhood

[Frozenguy]

Its really tragic. Last I have heard, over 24 homes have been burnt to the ground and the FD is ordering everyone clear the Claremont area.

Apparently, a gas line ruptured under a house at approximately six pm PST.
You can be sure the ones at the epicenter did not make it out

Keep these families in your prayers/thoughts tonight. They're lives are changing dramatically this very instant.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/09/BADP1FBJRS.DTL

(09-09) 19:53 PDT SAN BRUNO -- A huge explosion - possibly from a gas line - rocked San Bruno shortly after 6 p.m. today, sending up a massive, smoky fireball seen for miles and igniting a blaze that gobbled up at least a dozen houses in a densely populated neighborhood.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/09/BADP1FBJRS.DTL#ixzz0z5nyM883

Fire is STILL going strong, eating up houses as we speak. FD is attempting to get all the help they can.


UPDATE
38 Houses completely destroyed, 7 more significantly damaged and several others "mildly" damaged.

It was a 30" gas line that ruptured leaving a 30ft crater in the ground, right where people lived.

Death toll is currently four people. Not as many as one would think, but still too many and could rise since only about 60% of the site has been looked over.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/10/BAVQ1FBPMD.DTL&type=politics

a 30-inch Pacific Gas and Electric Co. natural gas pipeline ruptured, creating a 30-foot-wide crater, officials and the utility said.

 

[krunchbubble]

Its really tragic. Last I have heard, over 24 homes have been burnt to the ground and the FD is ordering everyone clear the Claremont area.

Apparently, a gas line ruptured under a house at approximately six pm PST.
You can be sure the ones at the epicenter did not make it out

Keep these families in your prayers/thoughts tonight. They're lives are changing dramatically this very instant.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/09/BADP1FBJRS.DTL

was watching it on the news, many homes burnt down, they cant even stop the fire......

 

[Frozenguy]

was watching it on the news, many homes burnt down, they cant even stop the fire......

Yeah its not going to be a good night/week. Its weird because just this evening I was looking at some stuff in my house, stored away and thinking wow, if there is a fire here, all this is gone. A lot of it is irreplaceable. Ugh, I can't think about it anymore.

 

[Teeg420]

Holy shit! Just had a great weekend in the city and thought about moving to San Bruno.

They will be in my thoughts tonight.

 

[bentom187]

sorry to those who lost everything in a fire,ive been in that spot before, scary stuff to be in the middle of it.

 

[Molson]

Had my Jersey Shore night interrupted by this news tid bit....

Sad.. hope everyone's OK and able to rebuild without too much difficulty.

 

[RugerBaby]

sucks....

 

[Frozenguy]

Yeah apparently dispatchers were getting calls from people trapped in their home. When the firemen got there the house was leveled. The winds in San Bruno can get rather strong, and its only helping the fire consume houses faster..

PG&E says it was a 24" gas line, and I guess those can be run up to 1000psi.

 

[Yes4Prop215]

damn i hope there aint no Fing gas lines like that under my house. there was a similar explosion in walnut creek near my old apartment. my brothers girlfriend and her friends live in san bruno...called them all and everyones safe. im up in seattle right now and its even on the news up there. theres also a huge fire in CO right now too. fires are some scary shit so are earthquakes for us bay natives..

 

[lockehead]

Holy crap... So sad for those people who were in the middle of the explosion. Shits crazy isnt it? One second youre going about your everyday life, then with no pretense or warning youre blown up in a split second from an underground fire ball...

 

[Frozenguy]

yeah pretty much. Life is fucking crazy.. Live it well, everyday that you can.

 

[Neo 420]

Damn........

 

[Frozenguy]

-update on first post

 

[Mudita]

watching this on the news.
tragic.

 

[tonto]

some of the videos and pics are unreal