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Originally Posted by PANAVIA
Giant mess -- the public response to the injured and affected people has been very cool though. -- proud to be a northern Californian.
-- I am sure more details to follow, but the main that broke was 60 years old and word is that it had been leaking for days (if not weeks) prior to the event.
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Not true about it leaking, the company did not receive any odor complaints in the week leading up to the explosion nor did the local fire dept. The age of the pipe can be misleading, there are 60 year old bridges and buildings out there that are subject to as much stress and they still work fine.