San Bruno blast: Family recalls dramatic rescue of critically burned neighbor

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As Mike Zapata shouted for his family to run for their lives, his wife and daughter tore out of their house on Earl Avenue as a thunderous fireball rose in the sky just two blocks away Thursday evening.

But things were about to get worse.

They were nearly in their cars when they turned in the driveway to see 19-year-old Joe Ruigomez, a neighbor, running toward them, his body still smoking from the explosion that burned him and killed his girlfriend, Jessica Morales, just minutes before.

"Oh, it was something out of a horror movie," Mike Zapata said.

"Please! Help me!" the young man cried.



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