Explosions on the rise

[Kojima]

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An oil field exploded in Basra Iraq [Iraq Oil Report ; Published September 20, 2011]; Comment by Starr DiGiacomo

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List of comment about gas explosion, in order of posted time; as of 2011-09-01

 

1) SOMERVILLE, Ohio, US; "Investigation continues in house collapse"

2) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. US; "Bakersfield resident hurt in natural gas explosion"

3) Pompton Lakes, NJ, US; "Update: Suspected gas explosion levels home in Pompton Lakes [raw video]"

4) Brantford, Ontario, Canada; "Natural gas explosion levelled Brantford house: fire marshal"

5) Warren, MI, US; "City of Warren Home Explosion Underscores Need for Natural Gas Safety"

6) Castleford, West Yorkshire, UK; "Dramatic footage shows huge gas explosion at Yorkshire home"

7) Warren Park, Harare, Zimbabwe; "2 seriously injured in Warren Park gas explosion"

8) Logan City, south of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia; "Seven children killed in gas explosion at house"

9) Herscher, IL, US; Douglasville, GA, US; "This Week In Natural Gas Leaks and Explosions – Aug. 22, 2011"

10) "Seven children killed in gas explosion at house" [See 8)]

11) Lakeview, MI, US; "Explosion inside Lakeview house causes fire, couple escapes with minor injuries"

12) Newborough, Victoria, Australia; "Gas blast destroys Newborough garage"

13) Cato, Montcalm, MI, US; "Couple escapes house explosion"

14) Glenrock, Converse, WY, US; "Oilfield explosion claims three"

15) St. Augustine, Fla, US; "Gas Station Explosion Site in St. Augustine now 'Stable'"

 

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* Comment by Starr DiGiacomo

We'll be seeing an uptick in unusual home and business gas explosions and I'm trying to locate specific ZT on the matter.  Below is a refresher for the many gas related news articles.

http://zetatalk5.com/index/blog0214.htm

SOZT

Fault lines, when adjusting, do not just rip apart one day during a dramatic earthquake. They most often creep. Laying gas lines along or across a fault line is asking for an accident of this sort. Fault lines are also seldom so clearly delineated that one can go a mile in this or that direction and avoid their action. Where a slip-slide fault such as the San Andreas will often leave a clear line on the surface, this is only the surface action, not what occurs in the rock layers on either side which can fracture for a long way to either side during any movement. The gas company, or the age of the pipes, will be faulted but in truth the finger should be pointed in many directions. The public, who insist on living at such a scenic spot, is to blame. Officials, who zoned for housing are to blame. The public utility company, for allowing gas lines in the area, is to blame. But this will change nothing, while man continues to live on the San Andreas, even as it awakens. EOZT

http://www.zetatalk5.com/ning/18sp2010.htm

SOZT

The danger from radon gas will not be increased as a result of the pole shift. Radon gas is emitted by rock containing uranium, which is degrading. In normal circumstances, where air can circulate, it is disbursed rapidly as is any methane created by decay of organic material. The danger from these gasses comes from confinement - being trapped in a mine, a basement, or beneath the permafrost. The dangers are well known. For methane, it is explosions. An accumulation of methane gas can be identified by the smell of rotten eggs, or as some have described it, dirty socks or cabbage soup. For radon gas the danger is lung cancer, from the continual exposure to the radioactive air. Radon gas is odorless, and cannot be detected except by specialized equipment not in the hands of the average person.

In that the pole shift, or the Earth changes preceding the pole shift, can fracture rock and release pockets of either gas, survivors should be cautious about huddling in bunkers. You are safer out in the open air, or in a trench you have dug that will allow the pole shift winds to pass over you, but nothing to fall on and crush you. The fact that both methane gas and radon gas can accumulate in the bunkers of the elite is one of the reasons we have stated that they have dug their own graves. EOZT

http://www.zetatalk5.com/ning/12mr2011.htm

 

* Comment by Starr DiGiacomo

SOZT

Anyone watching the news, for instance the news on the San Bruno explosion in a distribution line close to the San Andreas Fault line, knows that gas in any form is a danger. Oil and gas refineries explode when rigid piping cracks. Oil or gas wells explode when the ground around them moves. And the gas distribution lines running under cities are no exception. They likewise will explode. Gas lines, whether along the street or within a home, are rigid. In some cases automatic shutoff valves can limit the amount of gas available for an explosion by sensing a drop in pressure, but this is always after the fact. The explosion has already occurred. Utilizing gas on a planet prone to earthquakes was a mistake to begin with, but man never thinks of the consequences when striving for modern conveniences. We have advised turning off the gas at the street, though when the street explodes and your neighbor's homes are on fire you are not likely to escape the holocaust. A better alternative is to live in an area where gas is not available, as in your rural safe location where you will be doing a form of camping while gardening. A campfire at night, for cooking and washing and a bit of friendly light before bed. Nothing explosive. EOZT

http://www.zetatalk5.com/ning/02oc2010.htm

 

* Comment by Starr DiGiacomo

SOZT Answer: It is no accident that the New Madrid fault lies under the Mississippi River near Memphis, as rivers form in lowlands created when land pulls apart, separating the rock fingers and weakening support for the land. Thus, the Ohio River bed also is an indication of where rock fingers will pull apart. Two adjustments in Kentucky, a day apart, are not an accident, but an indication of the speed at which the stretch zone is starting to adjust. Rail lines are frequently an early harbinger of such adjustments, as they run long distances, whereas structures within cities, such as tall buildings, take up relatively little space and have a small footprint. Our warning that imploding cities will be experienced, before the hour of the shift, are in this regard. Be warmed, it will not just be your rail lines and gas and water mains that will shatter and be pulled apart during the stretch. The foundations of your tall buildings will likewise be vulnerable.EOZT

http://www.zetatalk5.com/newsletr/issue008.htm

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[Original post on January 20, 2011]

Original title: Gas explosion kills 1, injures 5 in Philadelphia

 

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/01/19/pennsylvania.gas.explosion/index.h...

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• The explosion occurred in Philadelphia's Tacony neighborhood
• The blast killed one utilities worker and injured five other people
• Some of the injuries are serious

(CNN) -- A gas main explosion in Philadelphia Tuesday evening killed one utilities worker and injured five other people, a fire department official said.

Philadelphia Gas Works employees were responding to a gas main break in the city's Tacony neighborhood when the explosion occurred, fire department spokesman Jim Smith said.

"They were trying to control it and found a source of ignition," according to Smith, who said four PGW employees and a firefighter were among the injured. He said some of the gas workers' injuries were serious.

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/natural-gas-explosion-philadelphia-...

http://abcnews.go.com/US/video/caught-on-tape-gas-main-explodes-126...

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/5549620-74/explosion-injured-aut...

Published: Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, 6:24 p.m.
Updated 15 hours ago

Justin Merriman | Tribune-Review

Firefighters work outside of a home in the 4000 block of Tuxey Avenue in Brentwood after and explosion at the home on Thursday evening, Feb. 6, 2014.

Investigators are trying to determine whether a natural gas leak caused an explosion on Thursday that injured the president of Brentwood's Emergency Medical Services and destroyed his home.

Frank Mihalovich, 69, who owns and operates Frank's Guns in the basement of his home in the 4100 block of Tuxey Avenue, was taken to UPMC Mercy, Uptown, with burns to his back and head from the explosion and fire that occurred at 4:55 p.m., police Chief Robert Butelli said.

“He said he was walking up the (basement) steps when there was an explosion,” Butelli said. “Natural gas is a possibility.”

Gas company workers were going door to door in the neighborhood to make sure there were no other problems, fire Chief Dan Niecgorski said.

Mihalovich, who was the only person in the house, was standing outside when firefighters arrived, Niecgorski said.

The explosion probably occurred in the basement, because that's where there was the most damage, Butelli said.

The flames began detonating ammunition, keeping firefighters at bay, Niecgorski said.

“We never entered the area where the ammunition was stored,” he said.

The four walls of the basement were buckled and cracked by the explosion, Butelli said. The blast caused part of the exterior brick facade to fall from the rear of the house, he said.

“We have not been able to enter the house yet, because the building inspector said it is structurally deficient,” said Joseph Price, supervisory agent in charge of Pittsburgh's ATF office.

ATF investigators, who were called because Mihalovich is a federally licensed gun dealer, will help determine what caused the explosion and make an inventory of and collect all the firearms in the house.

“I was really upset when I heard the news,” Mayor Dennis Troy said. “I hope and pray he is going to be OK.”

An Allegheny County Council Proclamation states that Mihalovich began as a volunteer at Brentwood EMS on May 4, 1980, and was honored at the organization's 28th Annual Anniversary Dinner on Dec. 10, 2005, for “25 years of distinguished service.”

Thursday's explosion occurred five doors from a house that was destroyed by an explosion and fire on July 31, 2007. An occupant was accused of causing the explosion, but the charges were dismissed in Allegheny County Court.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=198913

Elderly woman killed in building collapse in Italy

Feb 07,2014

ROME, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- An elderly woman died on Friday when a residential building collapsed due to a gas explosion in Italy's largest island Sicily.

The blast occurred in Caccamo, a seaside town not far from the capital of the island, Palermo, in the early morning.

Local media said the blast was triggered by a gas leak that eviscerated the two-floor building where 82-year-old Benedetta Sunseri had her apartment.

The explosion also blew out windows in nearby buildings. Rescue teams which rushed to the spot found the body of the woman in the debris.

"I was washing clothes as I often do in the morning, when I realized there was a strange smell in the air," a neighbor of the victim, whose house was also damaged by the explosion, said.

"I heard a rubble and I had a handful of soil and sand, then a few pebbles in the face. After a moment of confusion, I tried to understand and I saw the debris," she said

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/st-louis-firefi...

St. Louis firefighters respond to building explosion in Soulard

St. Louis firefighters investigate an explosion at Shenandoah Avenue and Menard Street on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. Photo couresy of the St. Louis Fire Department.

St. Louisans cleared to come home after gas leak prompted evacuatio...

A gas leak was reported on Macklind Avenue shortly before 9 a.m. Read more

ST. LOUIS • Firefighters have responded to an intersection in Soulard after an apparent natural gas explosion about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Authorities say a there was an explosion in a building at Shenandoah Avenue and Menard Street. Nobody was injured, according to St. Louis Fire Capt. Garon Mosby.

It wasn't clear what caused the explosion, in a three-story building that houses a design studio. There was a strong odor of gas after the explosion, Mosby said, and some nearby buildings had been evacuated. Laclede Gas crews were on the scene, testing the air for gas levels, Mosby said.

A Laclede Gas Co. spokeswoman could not immediately be reached for comment.

Calls to the design business did not go through.

[KM]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2552073/Homes-evacuated-cas...

How did anyone survive this? Neighbours describe pulling families from wreckage after two houses are flattened following huge gas explosion that left 10 injured

• Residents of Clacton, Essex reported hearing a loud bang 'like a bomb going off' at 8.30am thanks to gas explosion
  
• Four fire engines, five ambulances and two air ambulances called to scene and took 10 people to hospital
• Passers-by who helped pull victims from the rubble said they were shocked to find residents still alive
  

By Hugo Gye

PUBLISHED: 09:25 GMT, 5 February 2014 | UPDATED: 14:07 GMT, 5 February 2014

Bystanders who helped pull out a couple from the rubble of their home after a huge gas explosion have revealed their shock that anyone survived the blast.

A man is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after the incident in Clacton, Essex, with two more people severely injured and seven left 'walking wounded'.

The blast sent debris flying around the street, destroying two semi-detached houses and badly damaging another, and was described by locals as sounding 'like a bomb going off'

Police and other emergency services - including four fire engines, five ambulances and two air ambulances - were called to the scene on Cloes Lane just before 8.30am today.

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Destroyed: Two houses were flattened by an apparent gas explosion in Clacton, Essex this morning

[Tracie Crespo]

Explosion Levels Steel Plant Building - February 2, 2014

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Explosion-Levels-Steel-Pl...

A gas explosion has leveled a building on the grounds of a central Pennsylvania steel plant.

Steelton Mayor Thomas Acri tells Pennlive.com that no one was hurt in the blast and subsequent fire at the ArcelorMittal plant Sunday afternoon.

No one was inside the building when it exploded around 1 p.m. The cause of the gas leak remains under investigation.

The fire brought more than 90 first responders to the grounds. Officials from UGI Utilities were there to investigate and help firefighters.

The steel plant dates to 1867 and was formerly part of the Bethlehem Steel Corp. ArcelorMittal says the plant was the first built specifically for the production of steel in the United States.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Cause-of-Manhattan-manhole...

Cause of Manhattan manhole explosions investigated

Updated 3:53 am, Monday, February 3, 2014

http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/2014/02/02/explosion-in-virgi...

Explosion in Va. destroys home

801 p.m. EST February 2, 2014

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- An explosion in Fredericksburg, Virginia shook a neighborhood and destroyed a house under construction.

The fire Marshal suspects a gas leak caused the explosion.

People who live close to the house describe the loud explosion that rattled their home and their nerves.

Stephanie Kim was at home around 9 Saturday night when she felt her house shake.

"All of a sudden I heard this huge bang. I freaked out for a second and thought of my kids thinking there's no way they would do something that would make that loud of a noise. I looked out window and saw the roof on the ground and there was fire around the back of it," Kim said.

Tom Hammond and his family felt the boom a quarter of a mile away.

"My wife and I were in our bedroom watching TV. We got a shake that felt like the earthquake we had a few years ago," said Hammond.

The Stafford County Fire Marshall was back out at the collapsed home, Sunday. The house that was unoccupied is located near route 17 in a brand new development at Stafford Lakes Village subdivision in Fredericksburg.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.brecorder.com/pakistan/general-news/156169-18-inch-diame...

18 inch diameter gas pipeline blown in DMJ

Monday, 03 February 2014 14:11

Posted by Parvez Jabri

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DERA MURAD JAMALI: An explosion causes suspension of gas supply to the local power plant in Nasirabad district.

The district administration said that an explosion took place in the pipeline supplying gas from Sui to the local power plant in Nasirabad district. Resultantly, the gas supply to the gas supply to the power plant was suspended.

The teams of experts of OGDCL has been called in for repairing of the affected pipeline.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.wate.com/story/24610623/three-people-injured-in-gatlinbu...

Three people injured in Gatlinburg after reported gas explosion

Posted: Feb 01, 2014 8:56 PM EST

GATLINBURG (WATE) – Three people have been injured after a reported gas explosion in Gatlinburg, according to Marci Claude, Gatlinburg's PIO.

Police received a call at 7:15 p.m. to the Tree Tops Resort.

A building suffered structural damage, but the fire has been extinguished.

UT Lifestar flew one person to the hospital, Claude said. Two others were transported by ambulance.

Claude did not release the extent of the victims' injuries. 

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://pix11.com/2014/01/29/two-hurt-after-gas-explosion-rocks-stat...

Two hurt after gas explosion rocks Staten Island home

DONGAN HILLS, Staten Island (PIX11) - Two people were injured Wednesday night after an explosion inside a Staten Island home, according to the FDNY.

Firefighters were called to the scene around 5:02 p.m. by residents reporting a gas odor.  By the time they arrived, a fire had already started in the basement.

Firefighters evacuated a three-block swath of the Todt Hill neighborhood around Overlook Ave. and Delaware St.

The cause of the explosion is unclear, Nation Grid workers are currently digging in several locations to see if it is a natural gas leak.

Both people suffered minor injuries in the explosion.

[KM]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/natural-gas-pipeline-explode...

Natural gas pipeline explodes near Otterburne, Manitoba

Emergency workers, Trans-Canada investigating cause of pipeline blast

CBC News Posted: Jan 25, 2014 6:10 AM CT Last Updated: Jan 25, 2014 7:48 AM CT

A pipeline fire in southern Manitoba was not expected to burn for long, RCMP said early this morning. (Courtesy of Kurtis Bateman)

A natural gas pipeline is on fire this morning after exploding overnight near Otterburne, south of Winnipeg.

St-Pierre-Jolys RCMP responded around 1:05 a.m. to what they're calling a "loud explosion."

"I was out for a dog walk and saw a huge fire ball-like burst of light to my south, and knowing that there's a gas relay station at the north end of Ile des Chênes, that seems the most likely candidate," said area resident John Sadoway.

"It lit up the whole sky here for half an hour. The sky's still glowing, actually," said another resident, who only identified himself to CBC News as Tyler.

Police have confirmed the fire is coming from the pipeline, but say the burning gas is non-toxic and no injuries are reported.

The pipeline, which is owned by TransCanada PipeLines, has been temporarily shutdown according to a statement from a company spokesman. The statement also said that nearby roads have been closed, and that the company is not aware of any reports of injuries.

However, five houses within the vicinity of the fire were evacuated by RCMP and St-Pierre-Jolys Fire Department.

Police and fire officials, along with TransCanada Pipeline, are investigating the cause of the explosion.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=281779&playlistId=1.1655567&...