by Francesca Segre
Members of the Bethany Presbyterian Church in San Bruno are celebrating a new mosaic mural that commemorates the lives and homes lost in the 2010 gas pipeline explosion.

Of the eight people who died in the gas explosion and fire, three were members of the Bullis family, who attend Bethany Presbyterian Church.
The pipe exploded Sept. 9, 2010, after a weak seam burst during an increase in pressure, according to an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.
The mosaic mural depicts the 38 homes lost in the fire, helping hands, and a phoenix rising from the ashes. Shards of ceramic cups and saucers found in the rubble of the Bullis family home jut out from the wall. The memorial includes a biblical passage: “Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning.”