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The San Bruno pipeline explosion occurred at 6:11 pm PDT on September 9, 2010, in San Bruno, California, when a 30-inch (76 cm) diameter steel natural gas pipeline owned by Pacific Gas & Electric exploded into flames in the Crestmoor residential neighborhood 2 miles (3.2 km) west of San Francisco International Airport near Skyline Boulevard and San Bruno Avenue.
2010: Dalian Pipeline disaster – The explosion of two petroleum pipelines and subsequent fire in the port of Dalian, in northern China's Liaoning province on Saturday, on July 17, 2010, caused fatalities, damages and an ecological disaster, releasing 11,000 barrels of oil into the Yellow Sea, and covering up, according to different sources, from 50 to 430 km 2 of sea and coast lines.
The most recent was the 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion that killed at least four people, injured 60 and more victims are still missing. Portions of the San Bruno pipeline had been built in 1956. In ideal situations, pipeline inspection gauges or a “PIG” (see Pigging ) is used to inspect and ensure the safe operation of natural gas pipelines.
USGS map showing faults that span the Pacific–North America plate boundary. The Hayward Fault Zone is a right-lateral strike-slip geologic fault zone capable of generating destructive earthquakes. The fault was first named in the Lawson Report of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake in recognition of its involvement in the earthquake of 1868. [1]
San Bruno (from Spanish 'St. Bruno') is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, incorporated in 1914. The population was 43,908 at the 2020 United States Census . The city is between South San Francisco and Millbrae , adjacent to San Francisco International Airport and Golden Gate National Cemetery ; it is approximately 12 miles ...
San Bruno, California: 8 58 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion: 19 November 2010 New Zealand: Westcoast: 29 2 Pike River Mine disaster: 1 December 2010 Nigeria: Lagos State: 20 Unknown Alakija tanker explosion: 19 December 2010 Mexico: San Martín Texmelucan: 29 52 2010 Puebla oil pipeline explosion: 9 February 2011 United States: Allentown ...
September 9, 2010: The 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion occurred in a suburb of San Francisco killing 8 and produced a ball of fire 1,000 foot high due to the rupture of the natural gas pipeline. November 3, 2010: A gas explosion destroyed four houses and injured 15 people, in Merlin Road, Salford, Greater Manchester, England.
Mexican farm worker Avelino Vazquez Navarro didn't have air conditioning in the motor home where he died last month in Washington state as temperatures surged into the triple digits. “If this ...