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PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO

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Incident Information

Report Date—
OperatorPACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO
Commodity—
Pipeline Typegas_transmission

Location

State
Coordinates37.62246, -122.44190

Cause

CauseMATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD
Subcause—

Casualties

Fatalities8
Injuries51

Costs

Property Damage—
Lost Commodity—
Public/Private Damage—
Emergency Response—
Environmental Remediation—
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Incident Narrative

AT APPROXIMATELY 1811 HOURS ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2010 LINE 132 RUPTURED AT MP 39.28 NEAR GLENVIEW DRIVE AND EARL AVENUE IN SAN BRUNO CAUSING A FIRE. THE L132 PIPELINE WAS ISOLATED AT APPROXIMATELY 1930 HOURS BETWEEN L132 MP 38.49 AND MP 40.05. THERE WERE EIGHT FATALITIES AND FIFTY-ONE OTHER INJURIES. THIRTY-EIGHT HOMES WERE DESTROYED, SEVEN OTHERS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED WITH DOZENS OF OTHERS SUSTAINING SOME DAMAGE. SEE ATTACHED FINAL NTSB REPORT.

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