The towering flames are out from a natural gas line explosion south of Bakersfield that killed one person and left two others injured.
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The Pacific Gas and Electric Company line was about 12 feet underground when it was struck by the heavy machinery around 3:30pm, Ellison said.
Two people were injured at the house that was destroyed but a child escaped injury.
According to the Kern County Fire Department, a resident was using heavy equipment for a digging operation and accidentally ruptured a 36 inch natural gas line. ‘Everything was gone. It was black’.
KGET-TV (http://bit.ly/1N2Rlbg ) says witnesses reported seeing flames soar 200 feet in the air.
Video from drivers on nearby roads showed two enormous horns of fire flaring into the sky. A baby was additionally within the dwelling, however not injured, Ellison mentioned, including that he may see the flames responding to the decision from six miles away.
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A spokesman for Pacific Gas and Electric Co. confirmed the utility owns the pipeline and that a third party made contact with the installation nar Houghton and Wible roads. PG&E had been notified sometime before of work near the pipeline, but Smith said that work notice had expired on November 5.
