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Explosion/Fire in California suburbia

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CNN) -- Firefighters were battling a gas line or gas-fueled blaze Thursday evening that engulfed dozens of homes and sent bright flames and huge plumes of smoke shooting hundreds of feet into the air in a neighborhood in San Bruno, California, California Emergency Management said.

"The flames are being fueled by something. There was a loud explosion being reported by witness and just dozens of homes on fire," said Kelly Huston of California Emergency Management.

He said there were some injured and walking wounded.

"Crews are just trying to assess how many injuries they have there and what they're going to do to contain the flames," Huston said.

Authorities are worried about winds that could spread the fire and embers that are falling on adjacent houses, he said. Helicopters were dropping retardant on homes to try to stop the fire's spread.

They are still assessing the area and trying to determine how many people are injured, he said.

"It's still very much an unfolding incident as we speak," he said.

Church of Highlands Staff Pastor Leigh Bishop told CNN he witnessed a "devastating explosion" that caused the fast-moving fire.

Bishop said two people from his church had lost their homes and at least one person had burn injuries.

The fire is in a populated area about two miles west of San Francisco International Airport, Huston said.

Crazy. It's all live on the news right now... freakin' crazy firestorm going on in the middle of a neighbourhood

Live online footage - http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/livenow?id=7659504

thats right by the SF airport, bet it looks crazy to planes coming in (if they're still flying)

wow.. flames everywhere

OMG that is fucking scary. To think shit like that could happen anywhere at any time.

Last I heard they were reporting something like 55 houses burned completely to the ground, with about half a dozen more still in danger of catching fire. One casualty thus far, and about a dozen people in various hospitals with critical burns.

Scary :s

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Originally Posted by Lomac (Post 7098957)

it jsut reported:

53 homes destroyed
120 homes damaged

100 people evculated and 1 dead

Watched like the last 15 minutes of it and what can I say...

I hope the people that were affected make a fast recovery.