Part of the problem is that Natural Gas in homes is being phased out in California various places. For example, in Santa Barbara there are no new Gas lines allowed to homes only to pre-existing homes.
We had natural gas heating and water heating in Santa Barbara but the gas line to the house was leaking between the street and the house. Luckily the leak was not inside the house which can cause houses to blow up with any kind of spark from anywhere.
It was going to cost us 20,000 dollars to replace this gas line. We decided to go all electric which was it's own kind of problem because my daughter's family were living there then. Eventually after buying a new electric Water heater and Electric Stove and getting all this sorted out it worked out better. And we had just put in a solar electric system for the house so this helped with our electric bill too and sometimes our electric meter runs backwards if we are not consuming very much electricity then from the extra solar electricity from the solar cells.
So, converting to Electricity is often the best choice if you can afford to do this these days because natural gas infrastructure is not being updated anywhere in California really so older natural gas heated houses are going to keep blowing up in California and throughout the U.S. ongoing.
Gas explosion in San Francisco Bay Area damages homes, sends heavy smoke into air
A gas explosion has started a major fire in a San Francisco Bay Area neighborhood, damaging several homes and sending heavy smoke into the air
SAN FRANCISCO -- A gas explosion started a major fire in a San Francisco Bay Area neighborhood on Thursday, damaging several homes and sending heavy smoke into the air.
Local outlets said there are possible injuries from the Hayward explosion.
A spokesperson with Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said a construction crew damaged an underground gas line around 7:35 a.m. The company said it was not their workers.
Utility workers isolated the damaged line and stopped the flow of gas at 9:25 a.m., PG&E said. The explosion occurred shortly afterward.
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