Four dead in California gas blast inferno
- Published: 11/09/2010 at 03:57 AM
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California firefighters searched grimly through smoldering ruins Friday after a huge gas pipeline blast triggered an inferno killing four people, amid fears the death toll could rise.
Firefighters sift through rubble at a burned home that was destroyed by a massive explosion and fire in San Bruno, California. A huge gas pipeline blast triggered an inferno killing four people, amid fears the death toll could rise.
As fire crews doused "hot spots" and moved into dozens of burned-out homes, Lieutenant Governor Abel Maldonado said 52 other people had also been injured, three with critical burns.
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- Writer: AFP News agency
- Position: Agence France-Presse
