Line 132 snaked through the ground, carrying natural gas from Milpitas to San Francisco. Around dinnertime on Sept. 9, 2010, a segment of the high-pressure gas pipeline, buried under San Bruno a half-century earlier, ruptured, causing a blast so big it felt like an earthquake. Flames shot into the sky and a blaze ripped through a suburban neighborhood, burning unabated into the night.

Eight people died, 58 were injured. More than 100 homes were damaged.

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