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<p>A man walks past the remains of homes damaged from a fire caused by an explosion in a mostly residential area in San Bruno, Calif., Monday. The explosion prompted California regulators to order the utility, Pacific Gas and Electric, to survey all its natural gas lines in the state in hopes of heading off another disaster.</p>

<p>A man walks past the remains of homes damaged from a fire caused by an explosion in a mostly residential area in San Bruno, Calif., Monday. The explosion prompted California regulators to order the utility, Pacific Gas and Electric, to survey all its natural gas lines in the state in hopes of heading off another disaster.</p>

September 14, 2010

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A nationwide risk
September 14, 2010 9 p.m.

A nationwide risk

Aging gas pipes behind California explosion present across U.S.

SAN BRUNO, Calif.(AP) - An ominous theme has emerged from the wreckage of a deadly pipeline explosion in California: There are thousands of pipes just like it nationwide.