Fire chief: Gas line caused massive Calif. fire
A massive fire is roars through a mostly residential neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif. (Sept. 9, 2010) Credit: AP
A local fire chief says a gas line explosion likely caused the massive fire burning homes in a residential neighborhood south of San Francisco.
San Bruno Fire Chief Dennis Haag tells KPIX-TV that he believes a high-pressure gas line blew just after 6 p.m. Thursday.
Pacific Gas and Electric spokesman J.D. Guidi says the utility company is looking into the possibility of a natural gas explosion, but he has no further details.
Live television footage showed more than a dozen homes destroyed, with flames reaching as high as 60 feet in the air as the fire incinerated everything in its path.
A person who answered the phone at Seton Medical Center in nearby Daly City says the hospital is on a triage alert as the injured are brought in.
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