Huge Explosion Torches Homes in San Francisco Suburb

September 13: As the people of Glenview Drive and surrounding San Bruno community try to recover from the massive explosion, utility workers continue their work at the explosion site. (FOXNEWS) (FOXNEWS)

Sept. 10: Fire crews go through a destroyed house caused by a ruptured gas pipeline that exploded. (Fox News)

Sept. 10: A volunteer, left, helps an evacuees who wished not to be identified, at a Red Cross shelter in San Bruno, Calif., after she was injured at her home that burned down during a massive fire in her neighborhood on Thursday. According to officials, the massive explosion was apparently triggered by a broken gas line that sent flames roaring through a neighborhood near San Francisco. (AP)

Sept. 10: Pacific Gas and Electric Company President Chris Johns, right, answers questions following a massive gas explosion as California Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado, left, looks on during a news conference at a shopping center in San Bruno, Calif. Fire crews sprayed water on smoldering homes Friday morning after a massive explosion apparently triggered by a broken gas line sent flames roaring through a neighborhood near San Francisco, killing at least six people and injuring dozens, officials said. (AP)

Sept. 10: Millbrae, Calif., fire chief Dennis Haage, left, talks with San Bruno, Calif., residents Toni Vaccari, right, and her daughter, Debbie Shea, about returning to their homes near last night's gas explosion following a news conference at a shopping center in San Bruno. Fire crews sprayed water on smoldering homes Friday morning after a massive explosion apparently triggered by a broken gas line sent flames roaring through a neighborhood near San Francisco, killing at least six people and injuring dozens, officials said. (AP)

Sept. 10: Evacuees look for donated clothing at a Red Cross shelter in San Bruno, Calif., following a massive fire in their neighborhood on Thursday. According to officials, the massive explosion was apparently triggered by a broken gas line that sent flames roaring through a neighborhood near San Francisco. The explosion was heard for miles and shot a fireball more than 1,000 feet in the air. (AP)

Sept. 9: A massive fire roars through a mostly residential neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif., in the hills south of San Francisco, following a loud explosion Thursday evening that shot a fireball more than 1,000 feet into the air and sent frightened residents fleeing for safety. (AP)

Sept. 9: Firefighters battle the flaming and smoldering wreckage after a massive explosion sent blazes roaring through a neighborhood in the hills south of San Francisco, killing at least six people and destroying more than 50 homes. (AP)

Sept. 9: Police and fire officials meet at an area where evacuees gathered after a massive fire damaged a mostly residential neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif. (AP)

Sept. 9: Firefighters race to massive fire that roared through a mostly residential neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif. Utility officials said a gas line ruptured in the vicinity of the blast, which left a giant crater and sent flames tearing across several suburban blocks. (AP)

Sept. 9: A home destroyed after a massive fire that roared through a mostly residential neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif., is left smoldering after Thursday night's explosion shot a fireball more than 1,000 feet in the air and sent frightened residents fleeing for safety and rushing to get belongings out of burning homes, witnesses said. (AP)

Sept. 9: A fire fighting helicopter flies over a massive blaze in a neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif. (AP)

Sept. 9: Firefighters battle a fire resulting from a high-pressure gas line explosion in San Bruno, Calif. (AP)

Sept. 9: Judy and Frank Serresseque move their cats and a few belongings after they were evacuated after an explosion triggered a massive fire in San Bruno, Calif. (AP)

Sept. 9: A massive fire roars through a mostly residential neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif. A loud explosion shot a fireball more than 1,000 feet into the air and sent frightened residents fleeing for safety, witnesses said. (AP)

Sept. 9: Firemen are seen outside burning homes after an explosion in San Bruno, Calif. Several homes were destroyed as a massive fire roared through a mostly residential neighborhood. (AP)

Sept. 9: Two women are treated by paramedics after an explosion in San Bruno, Calif. (AP)

Sept. 9: Am unidentified woman is rolled to an ambulance during a massive fire in a neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif. (AP)

Sept. 9: A fire fighting helicopter flies over a massive blaze in San Bruno, Calif., a neighborhood in the hills south of San Francisco. (AP)

Sept. 9: Emergency personnel assist a homeowner, center with dogs, in moving belongings out a home threatened by a fire caused by a high-pressure gas line explosion in San Bruno, Calif. (AP)

Sept. 9: Cars and homes are destroyed after a massive fire roars through a mostly residential neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif. Firefighters from surrounding cities were called in to battle the blaze. (AP)

Sept. 9: A home for sale sign is shown in front of home that was destroyed after a massive fire that roared through a mostly residential neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif. (AP)

Sept. 9: A home is reduced to rubble after a massive fire that roared through San Bruno, a mostly residential neighborhood south of San Francisco, Calif. (AP)

Sept. 9: Flames explode in a mostly residential area in San Bruno, Calif. Fire officials say the blaze was caused by a ruptured high-pressure gas line. (AP)