Also, spraying is still on tonight for Cicero Swamp, and gunman kills five people in Kentucky before killing himself.
View full sizeA natural gas line, described by officials as the cause of a large explosion Thursday night, lies broken Saturday on a San Bruno, Calif., road next to a burned-out car. A rupture in the pipe caused an explosion that killed four people and leveled 38 homes. From the San Francisco Chronicle:
San Bruno -- At least two people remain missing after the fiery natural gas explosion Thursday that killed four people and left a San Bruno neighborhood in flames.Mayor Jim Ruane told reporters at a news conference this morning that police have now determined that two residents of the Crestmoor neighborhood remain unaccounted for. Search and rescue teams, joined by investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board, continue to work their way through the charred debris, looking for other victims and clues to the cause of the pipeline blast that sent a fireball of blazing gas roaring through the hillside neighborhood.
» Read the story: San Bruno search continues; two remain missing [San Francisco Chronicle]
» Senator demands answers in California blaze [CNN U.S.]
» PG&E pipeline safety record called into question following San Bruno explosion [San Jose Mercury News]
» Officials describe immense power of San Bruno explosion [Los Angeles Times]
» Explosion Brought ’89 Quake to Mind [The New York Times]
In other news:
» Mosquito spraying still on for Cicero Swamp on Saturday evening [WSYR-TV Channel 9]
» Police: 47-year-old gunman killed five people in Kentucky trailer park before killing himself [The Associated Press]
» Excelsior jobs program requires too many jobs for Northern New York businesses to qualify [Watertown Daily Times]
» Festival serves up more than just tomatoes [The Auburn Citizen]
» Fate of US Hiker in Iran Uncertain [Voice of America]
» Firefighters gain upper hand against Fourmile fire in Colorado [The Christian Science Monitor]