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Wednesday, December 12, 2012  The Tuesday afternoon blast in West Virginia cooked the green enamel off highway signs and burned utility poles, while leaving a huge hole in the highway.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010  Officials say the explosion happened when some gas built up in the boiler.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010  The Obama administration wants Congress to tighten oversight of the nation's pipelines and more than double penalties for some safety violations in response to a deadly gas explosion in California and a major oil spill in Michigan.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010  The tragic explosion of a gas pipeline in a San Francisco suburb has shed light on a problem usually kept underground: Communities have expanded over pipes built decades earlier when no one lived there.

Monday, September 13, 2010  Patrick Yu has nightmares and headaches since a fireball from a natural gas explosion caused his ceiling to crash down next to him while he slept.

Sunday, September 12, 2010  Thursday evening's blast and fire devastated a San Bruno neighborhood, killing at least four people and injuring nearly 60.

Saturday, September 11, 2010  Gas line rupture sparks safety questions as California crews search area where fireball killed 4

Friday, September 10, 2010  Investigators searched the smoldering rubble of a quiet, middle-class neighborhood tucked into the hills overlooking San Francisco on Friday, looking for answers to why a gas line ruptured and fed a giant fireball that killed at least four people.

Friday, September 10, 2010  A Northern California fire chief says one fatality has been confirmed in amassive blast and fire in a residential neighborhood south of San Francisco.

Friday, July 30, 2010  Fire officials say at least one person has died in a suspected natural gas explosion that rocked a large South Los Angeles commercial building and hurled people into the street.

Tuesday, July 06, 2010  Utilities in Texas could be required to replace decades-old steel natural gas pipelines with plastic versions to help prevent explosions.

Wednesday, June 09, 2010  An explosion in the Texas Panhandle that killed two men was the second deadly blast in the state in two days involving workers who have accidentally hit natural gas lines.

Tuesday, June 08, 2010  A gas pipeline explosion in Lipscomb County has sent at least one person to the hospital.

Tuesday, June 08, 2010  utility crew that accidentally hit and ruptured a natural gas line, killing one worker in a massive explosion, followed the proper procedures in locating that line before digging, a company official said Tuesday.

Tuesday, June 08, 2010  A natural gas explosion at a Gainesville restaurant has left one person in critical condition.