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Could a Pipeline Explode in Your Community?

The apparent gas line explosion in Allentown, Pa., that killed five people is certain to refocus attention to the 2 million miles of natural gas pipelines that lie under neighborhoods and subdivisions from coast to coast. The Allentown explosion came three weeks after a gas main explosion in Philadelphia killed one person...

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

(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

(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...