# PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO — Gas distribution — incident on 1988-11-04

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- **citation:** PHMSA Report 19880276
- **title:** PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO — Gas distribution — incident on 1988-11-04
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 1988-11-04
- **effective on:** 1988-11-04
- **summary:** 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. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.
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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.
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