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San Francisco, fierce fire next to the Airport

San Francisco , USA - Flames due to a gas pipeline explosion

Six people killed; about 40 people injured; 53 homes destroyed and other 130 damaged due to a gas explosion, happened yesterday in San Bruno, a San Francisco suburb, just a few miles from the International Airport, approximately at 6:00 pm local time. The gas explosion sparked a vast fire, with very high flames -eyewitnesses spoke about "Ball of fire"- and hundreds of firefighters were dispatched...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1120582
Rome, Italy, 09/10/2010 15:43
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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