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://www.turnto10.com/story/23999332/underground-explosions-rock-...

Underground explosions rock Jewelry District

Posted: Nov 18, 2013 11:51 AM ESTUpdated: Nov 18, 2013 1:04 PM EST

PROVIDENCE -

Several underground explosions rocked the Jewelry District of Providence on Monday morning, blowing at least three manhole covers out of the street.

Two people were being treated for minor injuries at Rhode Island Hospital.

The explosions happened at about 11 a.m. in the area of 300 Richmond St. A representative for Women and Infants Hospital said the building houses administrative offices for the hospital.

Some surrounding buildings were evacuated.

Firefighters responded to 300 Richmond St. earlier in the morning when workers reported smelling an odor. Sources told NBC 10 that the odor may have come from a smoldering underground electrical fire.

National Grid was at the scene looking for the cause of the explosions.

RIPTA notified bus riders that routes 1 and 3 are being detoured around Richmond Street.

[sourabh kale]

Illinois, Detroit: Chemical plant fire
Detroit officials evacuated an elementary school and other buildings within a one-block radius of a chemical plant that erupted in flames on Thursday.

The blaze erupted at the Chemical Technology Inc on the city’s east side, said Detroit Fire Lt. Theresa Halsell. She did not know how many people were affected by the evacuation nor did she know of any injuries…

He said there were no injuries. Video footage of the fire on local media shows a large plume of black smoke coming from the plant. Chemical Technology makes adhesives, coatings, paints and cleaners, according to its website. The phone did not ring at the company.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/14/us-usa-fire-detroit-idUSB...

[sourabh kale]

India: Tata Steel plant explosion
Eleven people were injured following an explosion, resulting in a fire, in one of the gas holders at Tata Steel’s Jamshedpur plant on Thursday.

One person is seriously injured and 10 persons have minor injuries. …

The fire has been extinguished and the gas leakage arrested. All vital installations have been isolated and are safe. There is no danger of any gas leakage from the steel plant, it added.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/explosion-at-tata-ste...

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/d2997e85e9804dbbbb24c2f8d45b2...

3 people killed in gas pipeline explosion in Poland

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  
November 14, 2013 - 12:27 pm EST

WARSAW, Poland — A gas pipeline exploded in a village in Poland on Thursday, setting fire to homes, killing three people and injuring at least 13, police said.

Andrzej Borowiak, a spokesman for Poznan police, said the blast occurred in the early afternoon in the western village of Jankow Przygodzki.

Joanna Pawlaczyk, spokeswoman for a hospital in nearby Ostrow Wielkopolski, said one adult and one child were in serious condition.

Flames and smoke are billowing above rooftops and houses burning after a gas pipeline exploded during renovation works in Jankow Przygodzki, western Poland, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. Several people were killed and at least 10 injured in the early afternoon blast probably triggered by damage to an existing pipeline while a new pipeline was being installed along it. (AP Photo/Pawel Jaskolka)

Firefighters' spokesman Pawel Fratczak said two people were missing.

He said an existing pipeline was probably damaged while a new pipeline was being installed next to it. Some 12 houses were on fire, he said.

Malgorzata Polkowska, a spokeswoman for the Gaz-System S.A. pipeline operator, said it was the first such accident since the company was founded in 2004, and called it a "very large scale tragedy."

The pipeline in Jankow Przygodzki is part of a local pipeline installed in 1977. A new pipeline is being installed next to it in a modernization plan. There was no gas in the pipeline being laid in the ground, Polkowska said. A special commission is to determine the cause of the explosion.

Local residents told TVN24 that people were running out of their houses crying after the blast. TVN24 footage showed yellow flames and black smoke billowing above rooftops, and some houses on fire. They were still burning hours after the blast.

[lonne rey]

Texas Town Evacuated After Massive Pipeline Explosion

A Chevron natural gas pipeline has exploded in Milford, Texas, and the town has been evacuated, according to the Associated Press.

CBS in Dallas reports that a second pipeline nearby might also be in danger of exploding.

The flames can reportedly be seen for miles. Milford is about 50 miles south of Dallas. The town has a population of about 700, according to Reuters.

Officials aren't yet sure what caused the explosion.

Source

[sourabh kale]

Gas explosion blows wall off home in Dayton
An entire side wall of a home on North Garland Avenue has been torn from the side of a house after a possible gas explosion inside a residence.

Witnesses reported a strong odor of natural gas after firefighters initially responded to the home in the 100 block of North Garland around 3:30 a.m. on a reported structure fire.

Once crews arrived they found a fire in the basement, but firefighters were pulled out of the house after discovering the possible gas issue, according to initial reports.

The fire spread up from the basement through the rest of the home, firefighters said.

Both homes neighboring the burning house have been evacuated as a precaution, fire crews said.

Firefighters said the house was vacant when the fire started this morning.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/news/local/report-gas-explosion...

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=179533

Household gas blast in Russia kills 4

Nov 11,2013

MOSCOW, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- At least four people have been killed and four others injured when a gas blast tore through a residential building in Moscow region Monday, the Emergency Situations Ministry said.

The explosion occurred at around 9:30 a.m. Moscow time (0530 GMT) in a nine-story building in Sergiyevo Posad district, causing the partial collapse of four flats between the eighth and ninth floors.

Two of the wounded have been hospitalized, ministry spokesperson Irina Rossius told reporters, while rescue teams are on the scene working to release those who remain trapped.

"The house is in a critical condition and its residents are being accommodated in the Zagorskiye Dali sanatorium," she said.

Dmitry Pestov, vice premier of the regional government, told reporters that authorities were taking active measures to provide aid to the victims of the blast

The official added that investigation of the incident is underway.

11 injured in gas blast in Chinese restaurant in Sofia

SOFIA, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Eleven people were injured when a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) canister exploded Sunday evening in a Chinese restaurant in central Sofia.

28 dead, 13 injured in NE China colliery gas blast

CHANGCHUN, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-eight people were confirmed dead and 13 others injured in a coal-mine gas blast late Friday in northeast China's Jilin Province, authorities said Saturday.

Update // Quickfacts // 3 hours ago

The Emergency Situations Ministry reported that four people were killed while four others sustained injuries on Monday when a gas blast ripped through a residential building in the Moscow region. Ministry spokesperson Irina Rossius confirmed that two of the injured victims were admitted to hospitals, while emergency workers are still at the scene to rescue those who remain trapped. She added that the nine-story building is in critical condition and its occupants are currently staying at the Zagorskiye Dali sanatorium.

https://www.ubalert.com/uBAb

http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2013_11_11/Two-people-including-one-c...

Several people died in a household gas explosion in Sergiyev Posad district of Moscow region, a source in the region's emergency services said.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

Gas explosion hits Zamboanga City

ABS-CBNnews.com

Posted at 11/06/2013 2:47 PM | Updated as of 11/06/2013 6:25 PM

MANILA – (UPDATE) An explosion hit a gas facility in Zamboanga City on Wednesday morning.

Police said an industrial gas tank weighing 50 kilograms exploded inside the facility of Premium Gases Corp. in Barangay Talon-Talon at around 7 a.m.

The cause of the explosion has yet to be determined.

An employee identified as Mark Jay Velasco was injured in the explosion. He was rushed to Zamboanga Doctors Hospital by the management but was declared dead on arrival.

Bomb experts have been sent to the site of the explosion to conduct an inspection. – reports from Leizel Lacastesantos and Ronald Lamata, ABS-CBN News Southern Mindanao

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/11/06/13/gas-explosion-hi...

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-06/flats-evacuated-in-lockridge-...

Explosion in block of flats sparks fire in Lockridge leaving 40 people on the street

Updated 45 minutes ago

PHOTO: The fire-blackened unit on the second floor of a block of flats in Lockridge. (ABC News: Graeme Powell)

MAP: Lockridge 6054

Police have ruled out any criminality as the cause of an explosion at a block of units in the Perth suburb of Lockridge.

The blast at a complex of 16 units on Brathwaite Road early this morning caused damage estimated at well in excess of $1 million.

A man pulled from his burning unit by neighbour Ricky Bromfield suffered severe burns in the blast and is in a serious condition in the burns unit at Royal Perth Hospital.

Mr Bromfield says they were woken just after 5:00 am.

"I was asleep, the wife and the kids were asleep, and all of a sudden we heard this big explosion," he said.

"When I ran outside, I've seen building debris everywhere in the flats, and I looked upstairs and I noticed the roof was pretty well demented, it had just been blown off."

Mr Bromfield looked up and noticed smoke coming from his friend's unit.  Story continues.....

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.abc6.com/story/23886665/apartment-explosion-shakes-pawtu...

Rhode Island

Apartment explosion shakes Pawtucket neighborhood

Posted: Nov 05, 2013 5:45 PM CSTUpdated: Nov 05, 2013 6:02 PM CST

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/11/05/explosion-fire-total-th...

An explosion and blaze destroyed a three-decker home today in Pawtucket, R.I., officials said.

The cause of the explosion, which went off at about 10:15 a.m. on Mineral Spring Avenue, is under investigation, Pawtucket Fire Chief Jay McLaughlin said.

The fire was contained by around 12:30 p.m.

Two people were taken to Rhode Island Hospital with injuries, said McLaughlin.

The second and third floors of the home were lost in the explosion. The home, worth about $250,000, will be a total loss, McLaughlin said.