#SanBrunoFire - Gas main explosion/fire crater in pictures

Photographs from around the web.

San Bruno Fire Captain Charlie Barringer looks over the site where a 24-inch gas line exploded, destroying nearby homes.(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times / September 10, 2010)

Showing area of exploded pipe #Crater at #SanBrunoFire in background and burned homes.
Credit: AP Photo/Noah Berger

The #Crater
Site of gas pipeline explosion Now  full of sewage/water

Pumping Operations at the Crater
Flooding caused by broken sewage and water lines 
Credit: (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

A piece of the ruptured 30 inch gasline equipment is shown where it landed 
Photo credit: Abel Maldonado

A piece of the ruptured 30 inch natural gas-line main pipe is shown where it landed 
Credit: Unknown being researched.

 The 30-inch pipe that had exploded Thursday in a plume of fire. The force of the explosion blew the 40-foot-long pipe, which had been buried four feet below a sidewalk, 100 feet away. Knudson said the agency would be remove the pipe and excavate for other pieces.
Credit: Los Angeles Times

Cause: Suspected as a natural gas main pipeline explosion, which erupted in a San Bruno neighborhood  Thursday killing four.
Note: Numerous San Bruno residents had smelled gas for weeks and the leak went unchecked even PG&E and been seen in the area. .
Location: Skyline Boulevard and Sneath Lane.
Deaths: Four residents.
Damages: 32 homes destroyed The massive explosion, which was heard for miles, was due to a gas line

Related article: LA Times Link