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The 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion occurred at 6:11 pm PDT on September 9, 2010, in San Bruno, California, a suburb of San Francisco, when a diameter steel natural gas pipeline owned by Pacific Gas & Electric exploded into flames in the Crestmoor residential neighborhood west of San Francisco International Airport near Skyline Boulevard and San Bruno Avenue. The loud roar and shaking led some residents of the area, first responders, and news media to initially believe that it was an earthquake or that a large jetliner had crashed. It took crews nearly an hour to determine it was a gas pipeline explosion.〔(First Calls From San Bruno Disaster | Video – ABC News ). Abcnews.go.com (2010-09-14). Retrieved on November 8, 2011.〕 As of September 29, 2010, the death toll was eight people. The United States Geological Survey registered the explosion and resulting shock wave as a magnitude 1.1 earthquake.〔 〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=California-Nevada Fault Map centered at 38°N,122°W )〕 Eyewitnesses reported the initial blast "had a wall of fire more than 1,000 feet high".〔(San Bruno Explosion: Photos Of The Fire's Aftermath Paint A Bigger Picture ). Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved on November 8, 2011.〕 ==Explosion and fire== At 6:11:12 pm PDT on September 9, 2010, a huge explosion occurred in the Crestmoor residential neighborhood of San Bruno, near Skyline Boulevard and San Bruno Avenue.〔 This caused a fire, which quickly engulfed nearby houses. Emergency responders from San Bruno and nearby cities soon arrived at the scene and evacuated surrounding neighborhoods. Strong winds fanned the flames, hampering fire fighting efforts. The blaze was fed by a ruptured gas pipe, and large clouds of smoke soared into the sky. It took 60 to 90 minutes to shut off the gas after the explosion, according to San Bruno Fire Chief Dennis Haag.〔 The explosion and resulting fire leveled 35 houses and damaged many more. Three of the damaged houses, deemed uninhabitable, were torn down in December, bringing the total to 38. About 200 firefighters battled the eight alarm fire that resulted from the explosions. The explosion excavated an asymmetric crater long, wide and deep along the sidewalk of Glenview Drive in front of 1701 Earl Avenue (a corner house), but many of the destroyed homes were eastward in the 1600 block of Claremont Drive. The fire continued to burn for several hours after the initial explosion. The explosion compromised a water main and required firefighters to truck in water from outside sources. Firefighters were assisted by residents who dragged fire hoses nearly to working hydrants.〔(Governor Tours San Bruno Gas Line Explosion Site )〕 Ordinary citizens drove injured people and burn victims to the hospital. Mutual aid responded from all over the Bay Area, including the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection who sent 25 fire engines, four airtankers, two air attack planes, and one helicopter. The fire was only fifty percent contained by 10 pm PDT and continued to burn until about 11:40 am PDT the next day. As of September 29, 2010, the death toll was eight people.〔 Among the eight deaths was 20-year-old Jessica Morales, who was with her boyfriend, Joseph Ruigomez, at the epicenter of the fire (his home) on the corner of Earl Ave. Despite his proximity to the epicenter of the fire, Mr. Ruigomez survived but spent nearly five months recovering in the St. Francis Hospital Burn Center. Two other people at the Claremont address close to the explosion were among those killed: Jacqueline Greig, 44, and her daughter Janessa Greig, 13. Greig worked for the California Public Utilities Commission, in a small unit that advocates for consumer rights pertaining to natural gas regulations. She had spent part of the summer evaluating PG&E's expansion plans and investment proposals to replace out-of-date pipelines.〔(Riskiest Gas Lines in the Bay Area Are in the East Bay: KQED News | KQED Public Media for Northern CA ). Kqed.org (2010-09-15). Retrieved on November 8, 2011.〕 Also killed in the blast were Lavonne Bullis, 82, Greg Bullis, 50, and Will Bullis, 17.〔Preuitt, Lori. (2010-09-12) (Returning Home in San Bruno ). NBC Bay Area. Retrieved on November 8, 2011.〕 File:SanBrunoFireNight.jpg|View of the fire on Sep. 9, 2010 at 11:31 pm PDT File:Devastation in San Bruno.jpg|Destruction after fire and explosion in San Bruno 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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