(PG&E) Utility to pay $70 million for California pipeline rupture (San Bruno 2010)
Source: CNN
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. will pay San Bruno, California, $70 million in restitution for the pipeline rupture that killed eight people and destroyed dozens of homes in September 2010, the utility and city said Monday.
"This money will be used for the benefit of all the citizens of our city and to help us, as a community, get beyond the tragedy and devastation caused by PG&E's explosion and fire," San Bruno Mayor Jim Ruane said in a joint news release.
Federal officials said in August that a faulty pipe, flawed operations and inadequate government oversight led to the natural gas explosion in the San Francisco suburb.
"The community of San Bruno has suffered through a terrible tragedy and we understand that this accident will affect this community forever," PG&E President Chris Johns said.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/12/us/california-pge-settlement/index.html
I remember that the local NBC station in SF showed live footage of the San Bruno fire and the NFL opening night game between the Saints and Vikings on that Thursday night in September 2010.
