CA - San Bruno explosion, several blocks on fire

[i.b.nora]

Map

The red A is pointing to the neighborhood the explosion and fire are (I think)

You can zoom out to see where it is in relation to the Airport (to the East) and where it is in relation to San Francisco.

 

[trigger]

Map

The red A is pointing to the neighborhood the explosion and fire are (I think)

You can zoom out to see where it is in relation to the Airport (to the East) and where it is in relation to San Francisco.

South of SF..

OMG this is terrible

 

[i.b.nora]

Oh no no no no! This is reminding me of the tragic Oakland fire decades ago. Does anyone remember that?

Yes. Have friends that lost their houses in that. A little bit different in that the day of that fire, it was very hot, dry, and there were Santa Ana winds. And hot embers flying for miles.

Hopefully, they will be able to contain this to this one neighborhood.

 

[drip~drop]

Live feed just said a 24 inch gas pipe exploded?
OMG that's an insane fire.
I hope they got the people and fuzzies out.

 

[SuziQ]

Per reporter 35 to 45 homes destroyed.

 

[LinasK]

Oh no no no no! This is reminding me of the tragic Oakland fire decades ago. Does anyone remember that?

Yup! I lived near there right below Rockridge...

 

[SuziQ]

Clairmont and Glenview is the center of this fire.

 

[trigger]

Heard there were K-9 units sent to the scene.

raying:

 

[drip~drop]

Per reporter 35 to 45 homes destroyed.

Those poor people. This happened around dinner time too didn't it?

 

[Elphaba]

I just saw this on the local news... said that the fireball could have gone as high as a 1000ft... also saying that ABC's Nightline will be doing an update on it.

 

[SuziQ]

Those poor people. This happened around dinner time too didn't it?

Yes. In fact a few callers said they were making dinner. They just showed a family who left their house in their pajamas.

 

[Elphaba]

Fox News has a live feed online and it is shocking to see what looks like house after house is on fire...

 

[SuziQ]

More info in 30 minutes.

 

[LinasK]

Posted: 6:21 pm PDT September 9, 2010Updated: 8:29 pm PDT September 9, 2010
SAN BRUNO, Calif. -- A massive fireball, possibly fueled by a broken natural gas line, erupted in the San Bruno foothills early Thursday evening, igniting at least 15 homes and sending dozens to a local hospital, six of those in critical condition with burns, authorities said.The four-alarm conflagration, soaring several hundred feet into the air in a tornadic column of fire, started at about 6:15 p.m. at Skyline Boulevard and San Bruno Avenue, according to the battalion chief's office.“We heard what sounded like a plane, then all of a sudden an explosion,” Carmann Robbins told KTVU. “It shook the window. It kind of startled me. We jumped up and then all you could see was flames. The flames were just spreading all through the houses. I don’t think the people had time to get out. It (the fire) was jumping from one house to one house to another.”
http://www.ktvu.com/news/24948907/detail.html

 

[trigger]

Those poor people. This happened around dinner time too didn't it?

Yes I think so. Anything new I had to leave for 10min.

 

[drip~drop]

Yes. In fact a few callers said they were making dinner. They just showed a family who left their house in their pajamas.

I'm watching the live feed from the link you provided (TY). It's unreal to be watching this.
I did see them interview a girl who looked to be with her sister in jammies.
What a disaster. Heartbreaking.

 

[tfrohning]

I just posted this link in rr scanner chatter
http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=wp&feedId=473

 

[LadyL]

omg that's horrifying

 

[LadyL]

I can't seem to get audio on that live feed. Is it just me?

 

[Skittles]

Earlier the ABC station reported that there was a parents night at the local elementary school tonight and that the school was evacuated. I found this link about the event that was scheduled for 5:00 PM.

http://sanbruno.patch.com/events/back-to-school-night-for-crestmoor-elementary

I'm hoping there aren't any parents who were at the event who are now separated from their kids back at their homes in the fire area.