PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO

Incident Narrative

AT 1029 HOURS ON JANUARY 26, 2015, PG&E WAS NOTIFIED OF A STRUCTURE FIRE AT 992 EL CAMINO REAL (PIZZA PARLOR) IN SAN BRUNO DUE TO VEHICLE IMPACT (FOLLOWING A HIGH SPEED POLICE CHASE) WITH THE GAS METER SET AND RISER. THE VEHICLE IMPACT RESULTED IN AN UNINTENTIONAL RELEASE OF NATURAL GAS AND SUBSEQUENT IGNITION. PG&E GAS SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE (GSR) ARRIVED ONSITE AT 1046 HOURS. REPAIR CREW ARRIVED AT 1110 HOURS. GAS WAS SHUT-IN AT 1140 HOURS BY EXCAVATING, SQUEEZING, AND CAPPING THE 2-INCH STEEL GAS DISTRIBUTION MAIN. PG&E ALSO REMOVED THE METER SET TO 990 EL CAMINO REAL, WHICH WAS LOCATED ON THE DAMAGED WALL OF 992 EL CAMINO REAL. THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED AT APPROXIMATELY 1215 HOURS. SENIORE'S PIZZA (992 EL CAMINO REAL) WAS DESTROYED FROM THE INCIDENT. AT APPROXIMATELY 1245 HOURS, SOUTHBOUND EL CAMINO REAL REOPENED. THREE CUSTOMERS (992 AND 990 EL CAMINO REAL) LOST GAS SERVICE AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT AND WILL BE RESTORED ONCE NEW SERVICE IS REQUESTED. ON JANUARY 27, 2015, A SPECIAL LEAK SURVEY OF PG&E'S GAS FACILITIES IN THE AREA WAS CONDUCTED AND NO LEAKS WERE DETECTED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO FATALITIES REPORTED DURING THE INCIDENT. LESS THAN 3 MMCF OF GAS WAS UNINTENTIONALLY RELEASED. SAN FRANCISCO MAJOR MEDIA (I.E., KRON 4, KGO 7, AND KTVU) WERE OBSERVED ON SCENE. THIS INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO DOT AND CPUC DUE TO THE UNINTENTIONAL RELEASE AND IGNITION OF NATURAL GAS FROM PG&E FACILITIES, AND DAMAGES ARE ESTIMATED TO EXCEED $50,000.