San Bruno Test

Latest developments:

The National Transportation Safety Board has finished its investigation at the explosion epicenter and is turning over the area to the city of San Bruno and PG&E, the Vice Chairman of NTSB, Christopher Hart, said at a briefing at the Bayhill Shopping Center Monday afternoon.

The pipe that exploded is now being shipped by truck to Washington, D.C. where scientists will test it in a metallurgy lab to determine what caused the pipe to fail. They will examine the pipe for metal fatigue, corrosion, and physical damage. Hart asked people to send any pipe fragments that they find to the board. full story

Today's News:

• San Bruno residents get chance to assess damage (SF Chronicle)
• San Bruno blast: PG&E backs bid to bill public (SF Chronicle)
• Aging gas pipe at risk of explosion nationwide (AP)
• San Bruno blast raises questions about gas mains under Bay Area neighborhoods (San Jose Mercury News)
• Editorial: Bay Area needs answers about pipeline danger (San Jose Mercury News)
• Residents return to San Bruno neighborhood devastated by fireball (San Jose Mercury News)
• Healing Begins (San Mateo Daily Journal)
• Emotional residents demanding answers (San Mateo Daily Journal)
• PG&E: What gas mains? (Palo Alto Daily News)