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Aging gas pipe at risk of explosion nationwide

Aging gas pipe at risk of explosion nationwide

The tragic explosion of a gas pipeline in a San Francisco suburb has shed light on a problem usually kept underground: Communities have expanded over pipes built decades earlier when no one lived there.

 

Residents Return Home After Calif. Blast

Residents returned Sunday to the ruined hillsides of their suburban San Francisco neighborhood, three days after a natural gas pipeline exploded into a deadly fireball.

 

Calif. Homes Ablaze After Massive Explosion

Calif. Homes Ablaze After Massive Explosion

A huge explosion apparently fueled by a ruptured gas line tore through a San Francisco suburb Thursday night, destroying about 20 homes and critically injuring a number of people.

 

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