The NTSB sharply criticized pipline owner PG&E for the San Bruno, California pipeline explosion from 2010.
A faulty pipe, flawed operations, and inadequate government oversight led to the 2010 Northern California natural gas explosion that killed eight people, federal officials said Tuesday.
Investigators only recently were told that a natural gas pipeline that ruptured last year in San Bruno, California, killing eight people, had a leak more than 20 years before, federal officials said Wednesday.
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced Monday that the Obama administration will push legislation designed to overhaul and upgrade America's aging oil and gas pipeline network.
Firefighters battle massive flames after a home explodes in Allentown. No audio.
The death toll in a suspected natural gas explosion that destroyed eight homes in Allentown, Pennsylvania, rose to five Thursday evening, authorities said. The victims include a 4-month-old and a 79-year-old.
The National Transportation Safety Board on Friday released the first report on the natural gas pipeline explosion that killed eight people in San Bruno, California, last year.
The National Transportation Safety Board on Monday issued seven recommendations, calling six of them urgent, as the result of its investigation into the fiery natural gas pipeline explosion that killed eight people and destroyed 37 homes in San Bruno, California, four months ago.
A man recorded video of towering flames from his patio after a September 9 gas-line explosion in San Bruno, California.
California lawmakers approved a measure Friday that will allow victims of the San Bruno gas pipe explosion to take advantage of a $7,000 property tax exemption, according to a statement from Assemblyman Jerry Hill.
An eighth victim of the September 9 natural gas explosion and fire in San Bruno, California, has died, according to San Mateo County Coroner Robert J. Foucralt.
The San Mateo, California, coroner's office Wednesday announced the identification of three family members killed in the September 9 gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno.
A vintage segment of gas pipeline that exploded earlier this month was not on a list of the Pacific Gas & Electric's top 100 risky pipeline segments, the president of the company said Monday.
A consumer advocacy group accuses PG and E of failing to fix a section of the pipeline that exploded.
A family returns to their home after a fatal gas line explosion to find precious items missing. KRON reports.
Dante and Jody Ravelo returned to their home, which they had evacuated because of the massive gas-line explosion in San Bruno, California, to find that their house survived in good shape. Then, they noticed they had been robbed.
Freemont, California's mayor wants all high-risk pipelines in his city to be tested by PG&E. Affiliate KRON reports.
California utility Pacific Gas and Electric will set aside up to $100 million to help rebuild parts of the San Francisco suburb ravaged by a deadly gas explosion last week, the company's president said Monday.
Federal investigators look into the cause of a massive gas blast in San Bruno, California. CNN's Ted Rowlands reports.
As Walter McCaffrey and his wife, Cherry, stood on their San Bruno, California, balcony Sunday, there was a sigh of relief amid devastation all around their two-story home.
San Bruno, California, city officials say new remains have been found after Thursday's natural gas explosion.
CNN iReporters share footage of the moments after the natural-gas line explosion and fire in San Bruno, California.
California Sen. Barbara Boxer demanded answers Saturday to questions about why a gas transmission line ruptured in a suburban San Francisco town, triggering a massive fire that killed four people and left five people missing.
Firefighters have fully contained a massive gas-fueled blaze in California that killed four people, while search efforts and attempts to determine the cause of the fire were still under way on Friday.
A Pacific Gas and Electric spokesman discusses the company's response to the San Pedro gas explosion.
Thursday night's devastating gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno, California, raises a couple of critical questions: exactly how extensive and how safe are the nation's gas lines?
Shares of Pacific Gas & Electric tumbled 6% Friday after a gas pipeline in California exploded and erupted into flames.
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, emergency management officials said.
Travel agents vowed to pull the wings off Delta Air Lines and its CEO, Ron Allen, after the airline put a $50 cap on commissions for domestic flights.
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