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PHMSA Report 19880276
PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO — Gas distribution — incident on 1988-11-04
Current as of 1988-11-04 Government source
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Gas distribution incident in FRESNO, FRESNO County, CA. Reported cause: DAMAGE BY OUTSIDE FORCES. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $65,500 reported property damage. Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. Records may be supplemented or corrected and do not represent final agency causal findings.
Report number: 19880276.
Operator ID: 15007.
Reported incident date: 19881104.
Cause detail: SUSPECTD ARSON, NATRUAL GAS EXPLOSION IN VACANT DUPLEX CAUSED WALL TO FALL ON RISER AND METER SET.
PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE — UNSPECIFIED OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE.
PHMSA indexed costs: $65,500 reported total cost, $58,731.444 in 1984 dollars, $144,637.47 in current-year dollars.
PHMSA trend flags, standardized causes, and indexed costs are analytical fields added to operator-reported incident data. They do not represent final agency causal findings.
This material provides agency context. It does not replace binding regulatory text, and its legal effect depends on the underlying authority and facts.