Big explosion near San Francisco Airport

usa breaking news/twitter ^ | Sept 9, 2010

[GSWarrior]

Now you can the flames from Oakland.

[justlurking]

Looks like a burning gas main to me, that continuous roaring orange flame.

That's what I thought, too. I'm listening to local news -- witnesses reported a roaring sound just before the explosion.

Sounds like a gas main rupture, followed by ignition of the vapor cloud.

[rdl6989]

Local gas supplier PG&E confirms with local media that the large fire and explosion in San Francisco is a gas main break.

http://twitter.com/USABreakingNews

[rdl6989]

Now that the gas company has confirmed it’s a gas leak can we change the title?

[dfwgator]

This is why I get the heebie jeebies whenever I have to light the pilot light of my water heater.

[ThomasThomas]

Most homes in Ca including this area are stucco.

[Artemis Webb]

Firefighters will tell you brick can burn too. It’s just a lot harder.

[tubebender]

I tried to tell Norm to clean his pool...

[DB]

I would think that depends on the pressure of the line.

There’s also petroleum pipelines (gas, jet fuel, etc.).

Whatever the fuel, the flames are at least a couple of hundred feet high not “60 feet”.

[roadcat]

Thanks, hope she’s okay. I have another friend there, but think her house is okay. She’s a block away from a fire station there, and reports are the fire station is okay. I’ve been here 23 years, and never saw a fire like this. Lots of trees here, heavily wooded in San Bruno, so I hope they can contain it.

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

TANKS,,,

Fox just showed another pic that seemed to show everything

around the fire burned to ashes,,,gone...

[justlurking]

I have been looking for natural gas lines maps. the ones I have aren’t detailed but show major lines in that approximate are.

Local news puts the location in Crestmoor Canyon, if that helps.

[NormsRevenge]

How not to kill off the mosquitters..

Looks like it is a natural gas line...

[TornadoAlley3]

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/peninsula&id=7659529

near highways 280 and 380 and more details here.

[TornadoAlley3]

[PghBaldy]

Completely unrelated, but wasn't there a plot a while back to blow up gas lines under airport in NYC area? Haven't thought about it in a while, till now.

[VanDeKoik]

Meth lab?

[GSWarrior]

This is a tragedy. There could be many fatalities. Can we save the banter for later?

[TornadoAlley3]