No injuries or health threats to neighboring towns were reported, said statement from pipeline owner parent firm Phillips 66.

While 45-miles of natural gas pipeline affected by a Sept. 13 gas explosion will be replaced nearly three weeks early, the restoration of full gas service will be delayed by about a month.

A federal jury on Aug. 9 found Pacific Gas & Electric guilty of violating federal pipeline safety regulations before a fatal natural-gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno, Calif., in 2010 and, further, of obstructing investigators after the incident.