PG&E Blast Kills at Least Four, Destroys 38 Homes
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A PG&E Corp. pipeline exploded yesterday in the San Francisco suburb of San Bruno, California, killing four people and destroying 38 homes in the utility owner’s second deadly natural-gas blast in two years.
The pipeline ruptured about 6 p.m. local time, starting a fire that spread rapidly over an area of 15 acres, Kelly Huston, a spokesman for California’s emergency agency, said in an interview on KGO Radio in San Francisco. The devastated neighborhood is about two miles (3.2 kilometers) west of San Francisco International Airport.