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Five Years After Deadly San Bruno Explosion: Are We Safer?

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Five years ago, a gas pipeline exploded in the Bay Area and killed eight people. The rupture created a fireball that destroyed a neighborhood in San Bruno, 12 miles south of San Francisco. Federal investigations put the blame squarely on PG&E, exposing a pattern of negligence at both the utility and its state regulator. Is the vast network of pipelines running under our feet safer today?

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