Residents return to San Bruno neighborhood devastated by fireball

After a long, frustrating and anxious wait, residents who lived near the heart of Thursday night's devastation slowly began returning home Sunday, not knowing, in many instances, what they would find. christian louboutin sandals "I think the worst is yet to come," said Margarita Sullivan, who waited with her husband, Charlie, and hundreds of other families at Skyline College, for their street number to be called -- an announcement that would allow them inside their home of 53 years. "I think the worst is yet to come. I feel so bad for the ones who have lost their homes. We're alive so we can't complain." christian louboutin black She and her husband have been staying with friends for the past 72 hours and escaped from their Claremont Drive home, with only the clothes they were wearing. christian louboutin pumps Today's return to Crestmoor Canyon was a rare piece of good news for hundreds of 200 families who have been waiting to see the state of their homes since a fireball ripped through their neighborhood at dinner time three days ago. Volunteers started christian louboutin setting up tables early today at Skyline College, where they will issue special wristbands to residents whose homes have been "green-tagged." The residents were then escorted to their homes in small groups, street by street in a colored tagging system designating the condition of their homes, officials said. coach handbags While word spread after the explosion that some residents had reported the smell of gas in the days before the blast, PG&E officials said they were still investigating. coach pureses On Saturday, an acrid, burned smell still lingered in the air. In the middle of Glenview Drive lay a broken piece of the exploded pipeline, 28 feet long. The section, roughly as long as a bus, had blown about 100 feet from its original site. coach bags NTSB Vice Chairman Christopher Hart said the broken pipe section is expected to be taken to a lab in Washington for further inspection. The crater the explosion left is 167 feet long and 26 feet wide, he said. cheap handbags outlets