Three days after explosion by Milota Sidorova

Three days after major pipeline crash in the suburban area of San Francisco and residents are finally returning back home. Or to places that once'd been their homes. Natural gas pipeline crash caused a crater up to 167 feet long and 26 feet wide, destroyed around 50 houses and left 60 injured people. Few people died, but officials still can't make an exact report since there are still two more people missing and various remains have been examined. Police has launched an investigation with an aim to detect the cause of the crash. However, the 30-inch diameter pipe will be replaced by new smaller pipe. This should lower the pressure and the volume of gas running through pipe! line. According official information the pipeline was installed back in 1948 and rested without major notice in increasingly urbanizing area. In real life a Master plan, the most important tool of urban planning should consider and register all technical infrastructure, including pipelines. And considering their scale it sets something like safety area or a distance that shouldn't be used for residential or business functions. But sometimes unknown, mostly old pipelines and infrastructure appear randomly in the ground causing significant problems, since engineers can't specify the source and the function of these lines and it is risky to simply cut them off. The question also remains why there was such important pipeline in such close neighborhood of residential area, running literally in front of the houses. The company Pacific Gas and Electric has to survey all its natural gas to prevent such catastrophes. But even now there are around 7 percent of gas lines labeled as ! „the top 100 highest line sections“ in California.!

related story (sgx18182): http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100913/ap_on_bi_ge/us_large_exp...

by Milota Sidorova for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

Cantell TV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with telecommunications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface coupled with free phone calls. Cantell TV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip ! of your fingers.