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posted September 10, 2010 11:30 AM         

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Major natural gas explosion in San Bruno, Ca last night. San Bruno is situated right next to SFO Int'l airport, in between So. San Fran. and San Mateo........

50 homes completely burned to the ground, 120 damaged, 6 deaths, animals too. And that is only the deaths that they know of, many people have been cremated from the fire so will be hard to get a full count until loved ones report those missing.

Click here for news story

This is exactly why we should never, ever take anything for granted; your home and possessions, and never take anyone for granted: this could happen to any of us anytime. Be grateful for everything you have.

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posted September 10, 2010 11:50 AM         

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There was a dog who the firefighters tried to rescue, but he was too scared, so backed back into his home and burned to death.......soooooo sad

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posted September 10, 2010 11:53 AM         

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omg, it's so sad

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posted September 10, 2010 12:00 PM         

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http://images.kron4.com/images/story.html

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posted September 10, 2010 12:25 PM         

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3 Firefighters currently injured.........

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posted September 10, 2010 12:59 PM         

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How awful.

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posted September 10, 2010 02:06 PM         

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posted September 10, 2010 06:30 PM         

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That is horrible Nephthys... is this where you're from?

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posted September 10, 2010 07:08 PM         

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Hi Winksy

I live 20 mins. north of San Francisco........this is South San Francisco. I have relatives and friends that live in the cities right next to where this happened.

I posted it here b/c it seemed there were a lot of people from the SF Bay Area when I posted my "where do I work?" thread.

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posted September 12, 2010 01:55 AM         

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watched a bit of the news on it and was really impressed by the synchronicity of an off-duty fireman and his brother who just happened to be visiting (they live in santa rosa or somewhere equally distant) in the area that night and heard the boom and saw the fireball. so they were right there on the scene even before the fire dept got there and helped a lot of people ... good to see things going as right as they can sometimes.

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posted September 12, 2010 04:14 PM         

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kat awesome story!

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posted September 16, 2010 10:57 PM         

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I was SO SORRY this happened! My grandparents used to live in San Bruno when they were alive, but on Donner Ave.

to all who lost loved ones (pets included) and their homes.

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posted September 17, 2010 01:53 AM         

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posted September 17, 2010 02:09 AM         

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I smell a rat.

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The San Mateo County coroner identified two of the dead as Jacqueline Greig, 44, and he 13-year-old daughter, Janessa, whose house at 1670 Claremont Drive was destroyed.

Greig worked for the California Public Utilities Commission for 21 years and was a member of its Division of Ratepayer Advocates. She also was listed as a member of the natural gas committee on the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates.

"It's really unbelievably ironic," said Mindy Spatt, spokeswoman for TURN, an independent advocacy group for utility customers.

Marcel Hawiger, an advocate with TURN, said he knew Greig for a decade.

"She has been a tireless and wonderful advocate for consumers for many years. I'm just devastated - this is such a tragedy," Hawiger said.

Greig reviewed data that PG&E used to justify gas rates and reviewed energy projects to see if they were cost effective. One of the projects she was involved with was how PG&E went about charging for inspection of transmission pipes.

"She was such a nice person," Hawiger said, "She was always such a pleasure to work with."

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/10/BAVQ1FBPMD.DTL&tsp=1#ixzz0zlRjqSXp[/quote]
So.....did someone cause it to get at the lady?
Just seems very odd that a person heavily involved with the gas company, was killed.

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