According to residents, the tragic disaster may have been preventable.
San Mateo Assemblyman Jerry Hill said he was "outraged" to learn that some residents had complained to PG&E about gas leaks in the neighborhood "for up to three weeks" before the explosion.
Hill said the pipe that ruptured was installed in 1948.
Aside from the accountability/responsibility issue, it's also a wee reminder that our infrastructure is old and crumbling, and the impacts of that can range from troubling to catastrophic...