PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO

Incident Narrative

AT 0054 HOURS ON OCT. 5, 2014, PG&E WAS NOTIFIED BY THE KING CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT (KCFD) OF A STRUCTURE FIRE AT 935 BROADWAY ST. IN KING CITY. THE FIRE DAMAGED FOUR MOBILE HOMES AND THE NEIGHBORING AUTO DEALERSHIP. DEPUTIES EVACUATED 30 MOBILE HOMES DURING THE INCIDENT. KCFD STATED THAT THE IGNITION SOURCE ORIGINATED FROM ONE OF THE MOBILE HOMES AND RULED OUT NATURAL GAS AS THE IGNITION SOURCE. HEAT FROM THE FIRE DAMAGED TWO METER SETS, CAUSING AN UNINTENDED RELEASE OF NATURAL GAS AND SUBSEQUENT IGNITION. PG&E'S GAS SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE ARRIVED ON SITE AT 0108 HOURS. REPAIR CREW ARRIVED AT APPROXIMATELY 0330 HOURS. GAS WAS SHUT IN AT 0810 HOURS BY CUTTING AND CAPPING THE GAS SERVICE. THREE INJURIES WERE REPORTED DURING THE INCIDENT: (1) ONE DEPUTY WAS TREATED AND RELEASED, (2) ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WAS TREATED AND RELEASED, AND (3) A RESIDENT (WHO WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH THIRD-DEGREE BURNS) HAS BEEN IN AN INDUCED COMA SINCE. THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO THE DOT AND THE CPUC FOR THE IGNITION OF UNINTENTIONALLY RELEASED NATURAL GAS AND THE REPORTED INJURIES. A LEAK SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BY APPROXIMATELY 1430 HOURS ON OCT. 5, 2014 AND NO LEAKS WERE DETECTED. TWO GAS SERVICES LOST SERVICE AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT (ONE OF THE METERS SERVES 30 MOBILE HOME UNITS WHILE THE OTHER SERVES THE AUTO DEALERSHIP.) DAMAGE TO THE MOBILE HOMES AND AUTO DEALERSHIP IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED $50,000. ON OCT. 13, 2014, REPAIR CREW TIED GAS SERVICE BACK IN AND INSTALLED A NEW RISER AND METER FEEDING THE MOBILE HOME PARK AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 HOURS. PG&E BEGAN RESTORING GAS SERVICE AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 HOURS ON OCT. 13, 2014. 26 OF THE 30 MOBILE HOME UNITS HAD GAS SERVICE RESTORED BY OCT. 13. THE REMAINING 4 MOBILE HOME UNITS AND THE NEIGHBORING AUTO DEALERSHIP STILL DO NOT HAVE GAS SERVICE AS THE STRUCTURES WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED FROM THE FIRE. NO MEDIA WAS REPORTED ON SITE DURING THE INCIDENT.