San Bruno, California, was once like any other neighborhood on the outskirts of San Francisco. It was kind of like every other neighborhood anywhere else in the world, until one fateful moment when the earth caught fire. San Bruno is serviced by natural gas pipelines from Pacific Gas and Electric, and those PG&E lines are what caused a massive gas explosion that damaged 120 homes and injured dozens of people. Unfortunately, it’s only going to get worse.
“The whole house shook, and I got up…and my living room filled with an orange glow. And when I went to my front door, I looked out and everything was just flames,” said Judy Serresseque, who evacuated after the blast after her husband. “The heat was intense, and you could hear it, you could hear the hiss.”
The fire is apparently 50 percent contained at the moment, but given the dry conditions and the fact that natural gas fires are notoriously hard to put out, the blaze could burn for days longer. Complicating matters are gas pipes near home, a lack of water, and the gusty winds. Here’s hoping they can get the fires contained before anyone else gets hurt or any other neighborhoods get damaged by flames.
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