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What they believe happened. one person is now dead and more than a dozen have been hurt. that neighborhood in shock. >> i was in the shower, heard a big boom. i came out, i said, yo, the house blew up. >> wow. investigators believe that someone may have been illegally tapping into a gas source. if you smell gas, you're supposed to open a window right away and rub the gas lines with soapy water. if the bubbles form, then call for help. we all know raising kids is pretty pricey. now more than 100 women want a pharmacy to foot the bill for their children. the reason? they claim a birth control ...

A gas source. >> it is. an underground 30-inch wide transmission pipeline cracks and the gas ignites, turning san bruno into an inferno. >> and remember that transmission line was blowing out at 350 psi. so it shot a blow torch almost horizontally into a neighborhood of houses that, until we shut that gas off, we couldn't stop that blow torch. >> 6:25 p.m., just minutes into the explosion, and the fire continues to spread out of control. captain charlie barringer plans a plan of attack. but receives some alarming news. >> at that point my tail man went up to the hydrant. and he looked up at me...

And all eyes begin looking up for answers. >> my immediate thought was that it was a plane crash and that was the initial report. people were wondering, the only thing they thought could have caused an explosion and a fire of that magnitude would have been a jetliner crashing into a neighborhood. >> i was somewhat convinced this was a plane because i've never seen that much fire in my entire career in a condensed area like this. >> but no planes are reported missing from any of the bay area airports. firefighters realize this explosion didn't come from the sky above but the ground below. >> it...

Any bodies, any debris, anything related to a plane crash. so this must not be a plane crash. this has got to be some sort of a gas source. >> it is. an underground 30-inch wide transmission pipeline cracks and the gas ignites, turning san bruno into an inferno. >> and remember that transmission line was blowing out at 350 psi. so it shot a blowtorch almost horizontally into a neighborhood of houses that, until we shut that gas off, we couldn't stop that blowtorch. >> 6:25 p.m., just minutes into the explosion, and the fire continues to spread out of control. captain charlie barringer formulat...

looking ahead to the debate and election day. the so-called green on blue attacks in afghanistan may be escalating. an afghan believed to be a police officer opened fire and killed three u.s. marines in the helmand province on friday. it was the second attack on nato troops in less than 24 hours. friday, three american soldiers were killed by a man in an afghan military uniform. rescue teams are combing through the rubble, searching for signs of life after two earthquakes jolted northwest iran. at least 180 people were killed and more than 1300 injured when the quakes shook the p...