Saturday, September 11, 2010

Gas Main Explodes in San Bruno California, State of Emergency Declared. FBI Joint Terrorism Taskforce?

A massive six-alarm fire burned out of control, incinerating dozens of homes and killing at least three people, as it roared through a mostly residential neighborhood in the hills of San Bruno following a loud gas explosion that shot a fireball more than 1,000 feet into the air on Thursday evening. CBS

A reporter at the press conference asked a question about reports that dozens of people are unaccounted for.

Eye Witnesses claim their was a plane.

A State of Emergency has been declared.

10:22pm: 15 foot deep crater at Glynwood and Earl. (Initial Blast)
10:01pm: large crater the size of an intersection(Abc7News)

SFist is reporting that a few neighbors told CBS 5 that they smelled gas in the area over the past week. PG&E came out because residents were complaining about the smell. But, according to the neighbors, they did nothing.

During the explosion a water line was ruptured which effected firefighters ability to fight the blaze.

9:45pm: FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force was reported once and hasn’t been reported again. Doctors and Nurses at the local burn victims hospital had a refresher course in treating burns earlier today. 1 person reported dead. Abc7News reporter: fire was “ferocious and swift”
9:25pm: Radio Reference - Large 16-24in natural gas line explosion in San Bruno. 6 alarm. 25-30 houses on fire. At least 1 reported fatel, at least 15 taken to hospitals

Stay tuned we will continue to update this page throughout the night.

There are now reports that the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force has arrived!!

The explosion was caused by a high-pressure gas line operated by PG&E Corp., the utility that serves the Bay Area, news stations reported. Bloomberg

9:09pm: Fire department live feed is reporting that they have found at least one D.O.A
9:04pm: Witness says it looks like the area was Fire Bombed! 20 homes leveled in the immediate blast. Does this mean that 20 homes were destroyed with people in them?

8:48pm: One fire official said that many people were in their homes when the explosion happened. It was dinnertime.
8:39pm: Fire officials will be giving updates in the next half hour, stay tuned. 65 fire fighters and 25 pieces of equipment from Mendocino County.
8:28pm: Reporter for Abc7News reports that most of a whole neighborhood is gone, it is, “Armageddon” over there
8:26pm: Women thought explosion was Judgment Day
8:24pm: Families had to run out of their homes in their pajamas!
8:21pm: A Voluntary evacuation order has been issued for 3 quarters of a mile(near the explosion)

8:17pm: Preliminary numbers indicate that 35-45 homes have either been damaged or destroyed!
24 inch natural gas main explodes.
Abc7 News is reporting that dozens of home have been affected by the explosion and apparently the fire is still being fueled by, “something” really “black” smoke in the area. The smoke is disrupting air traffic in the area.
Authorities are currently dropping fire retardant in the area.