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Before-and-After Views of San Bruno Blast [PHOTOS]

By Carl FranzenSep 13th 2010 – 9:54PM
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(Sept. 13) -- On the ground, survivors of the horrific, fatal San Bruno, Calif., gas-pipeline explosion described the event alternatively as "an earthquake," a "meteor shower," a "plane crash" and "a huge rolling ball of fire," as AOL News reporter David Knowles wrote over the weekend. But from satellites in the sky,...

After Gas Blast, Spotlight Shines on Pipelines

By Laura ParkerSep 10th 2010 – 9:38PM
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Justin Sullivan, Getty Images

(Sept. 10) -- Damaged pieces of 30-inch steel pipe pulled from the ashes may tell the tale of what happened in Crestmoor Canyon on Thursday night, when gas from a ruptured transmission pipeline fed a fire so intense it devoured 15 acres of houses in the San Francisco suburb of San Bruno, Calif., and killed four...

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