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San Bruno city officials and survivors react to record fine against PG&E for fatal blast
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Apr 10, 2015
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San Bruno city officials and survivors react to record fine against PG&E for fatal blast
Yesterday, the California Public Utilities Commission fined Pacific Gas & Electric a record $1.6 billion for the 2010 natural gas pipeline blast that killed eight and injured dozens more.
The shell of a car sits in the driveway of a burned home near the epicenter of the gas line explosion that devastated a neighborhood near San Francisco International Airport September 24, 2010 in San Bruno, California. Work crews continue to sift through rubble and residents are beginning the process of rebuilding their lives two weeks after the deadly San Bruno gas line explosion that killed seven people and destroyed dozens of homes.
The shell of a car sits in the driveway of a burned home near the epicenter of the gas line explosion that devastated a neighborhood near San Francisco International Airport September 24, 2010 in San Bruno, California.
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Yesterday, the California Public Utilities Commission fined Pacific Gas & Electric a record $1.6 billion for the 2010 natural gas pipeline blast that killed eight and injured dozens more.

Five years ago, a natural gas pipeline explosion devastated the small city of San Bruno, just south of San Francisco. The blast killed eight people, injured dozens more and destroyed 38 homes.

Yesterday, the California Public Utilities Commission fined the owner of the pipeline, Pacific Gas & Electric, a record $1.6 billion for the 2010 blast.

City of San Bruno City Manager Connie Jackson and survivor Sue Bullis, whose husband, son and mother-in-law were killed in the explosion, joined Take Two to share their reactions.