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>> firefighters have not confirmed the cause of the explosion but don't have to look too far for the most likely explanation. the city of san bruno lies adjacent to san francisco adjacent to san francisco international airport. 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 ...

Straightforward information? find whoever's in charge of personnel and who was on the job. >> reporter: these photos obtained exclusively by cnn were taken about an hour after the massive explosion. shooting flames from burning gas initially slowed the rescue, until the gas source was cut. now the rubble's being searched by hand. >> it's a large metal building. there's been a lot of exterior sheet metal that has blown off the building and continues to fall off. the weather has affected that a little bit. there is quite a bit of wind there. so there are piece that's continually are flying off a...

Massive explosion. shooting flames from burning gas initially slowed the rescue, until the gas source was cut. now the rubble's being searched by hand. >> it's a large metal building. there's been a lot of exterior sheet metal that has blown off the building and continues to fall off. the weather has affected that a little bit. there is quite a bit of wind there. so there are piece that's continually are flying off and presenting a danger to rescuers. >> reporter: middletown's town hall is now a meeting place for workers' families seeking news about loved ones. >> any loss of life is always tr...

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