Photos: The 2010 deadly natural gas explosion in San Bruno, Calif.
The 2010 natural gas explosion in San Bruno, Calif., led to a massive fire roaring through the mostly residential neighborhood.
(Paul Sakuma / Associated Press)California utility regulators are poised to hit Pacific Gas & Electric Co. with a record-high, $1.6 billion penalty for negligence leading to the 2010 deadly natural gas explosion in San Bruno.
A search dog sniffs through rubble about 500 yards from where an underground natural gas pipeline exploded in San Bruno, Calif., in 2010. The blast killed eight people, injured 58 others, destroyed 38 homes and damaged 70 more.
(Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)Residents of San Bruno, Calif., gaze out and take pictures of their neighborhood in ruins during a bus tour that gave them their first look at homes destroyed by the 2010 gas pipeline explosion.
(Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)The morning after the 2010 natural gas blast in San Bruno, Calif., a PG&E inspector looks at the gas main that exploded.
(Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)A U.S. Marine Corps flag flies in memory of a former Marine killed during the 2010 gas line explosion in San Bruno, Calif. The spot, where a house once stood, is now one of many empty lots in the neighborhood.
(David Butow / For The Times)The long wait for PUC action over the 2010 natural gas blast in San Bruno, Calif., is “justice delayed,” says John McGlothlin. Above, he and wife Joanne at a lot where the blast leveled a house.
(David Butow / For The Times)Regaining the trust of San Bruno residents won’t be easy, says City Manager Connie Jackson. “Eight of our citizens died,” she says. “Let that never be forgotten or lost in the rhetoric.”
(David Butow / For The Times)Connie Jackson, San Bruno’s city manager, visits an empty lot where a house once stood before the 2010 natural gas pipeline explosion.
(David Butow / For The Times)A memorial for a victim of the San Bruno explosion.
(David Butow / For The Times)