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More on the San Bruno Gas Line Explosion

It was a 30" feeder line - 30 inches. Think about the heat you can get out of the end of lighter the diameter of a pencil!

Caused a 30 foot crater. Caused a 1.3 quake as felt many miles away. Blew an actual section of the huge pipe out of the ground.

81 year old woman who died in the blast was waiting for PG&E to arrive as she had been smelling gas and wanted them to check her stove.

The fire was so hot, when the first engine arrived its windshield cracked 100 yards from the first flames. They then noticed the paint bubbling on the cars around them.

That's some bad ju juj!
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