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://metro.co.uk/2013/10/28/uk-storm-houses-collapse-after-gas-ex...

UK storm: Two dead following explosion caused by ruptured gas main in west London

Monday 28 Oct 2013 3:17 pm

The houses in Hounslow collapsed after the gas explosion (Picture: London Fire Brigade/PA)

A man and woman have been found dead in Hounslow, west London,  following a gas explosion that ripped apart three homes.

An uprooted tree ruptured a gas main during this morning’s storm causing a huge explosion, the London Fire Brigade said.

Six fire engines and over 30 firefighters were called to the incident at around 7:30am.

Three houses on Bath Road collapsed as a result of the explosion, while two others were damaged.

At midday the body of a man in his 40s was found by emergency services and at 1:30pm the body of a woman was found.

The man’s next of kin have been informed but police are still trying to identify the woman.

Five people and three dogs managed to escape their homes before emergency crews arrived.

Three more were injured and taken to hospital – a man suffered a cut to the face and a woman a cut to the ear and both have been discharged. An elderly woman suffered burns to her hands and remains in hospital.

A picture of the damage posted on social media (Picture: Twitter/InkedUpArab)

In a statement, the Fire Brigade said: ‘Urban search and rescue crews are working to make the structure safe and ensure any fires are put out.

‘Twenty-five people were evacuated from surrounding properties as a precaution. Crews have rescued a dog from one of the houses.’

Station manager Matt Burrows added: ‘When I arrived on the scene I was greeted by a scene of utter devastation and three houses had been completely destroyed. Debris was scattered over an area of about 50 metres and the roof of one of the houses was in a tree across the road.

‘Highly trained search and rescue crews are now searching through the rubble and sniffer dogs are being used to establish whether or not there is anyone inside any of the affected homes.

‘We’re still investigating whether the fallen tree caused the gas explosion or whether the gas explosion caused the tree to fall. It’s likely firefighters will be on scene for much of the rest of the day.’

Emergency crews are still on the scene and Bath road – alongside nearby Hospital Road – have been closed to vehicles.

The damage came as the St Jude storm ripped through England and Wales overnight and this morning.

View the whole gallery: Storm St Jude strikes the UK

Travel networks have been left in chaos with numerous rush hour trains suspended, roads and bridges closed and flights cancelled.

Widespread flooding has created havoc for shop and home owners, while 220,000 households have reportedly been left without power after the storm brought winds of 100mph in some areas.

[Tracie Crespo]

Arizona house explosion leaves two in ’critical condition’ http://nbcnews.to/1fGXLen  

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/agencia-efe/131016/at-least...

At least 4 dead in Mexico gas storage plant explosion

October 16, 2013 11:50

Puebla, Mexico, Oct 16 (EFE).- At least four people died and six others were injured in an explosion and subsequent fire at a natural gas storage plant in the central Mexican state of Puebla, authorities said.

In a preliminary report on Tuesday evening's blast at the plant, owned by private company Gas Tomza, state government officials said 20 companies had been temporarily shuttered for safety reasons but that the blaze had already been extinguished.

A two-kilometer (1.25-mile) area surrounding the Chachapa industrial park, where the explosion occurred, was evacuated.

Authorities in the central city of Puebla set up a shelter to house 180 people, although there was no immediate indication of how many families had been forced to leave their homes.

Besides the injured, 58 people, mostly women and children, were being treated for nervous shock, according to the state government.

The cause of the explosion has not yet been determined.

Federal authorities initially said a stretch of the highway linking Puebla city and Orizaba, a town in the neighboring state of Veracruz, had been entirely closed in both directions, but Puebla state officials later said one lane had already been reopened.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

Another explosion, this time in Moon

House explodes in Moon, second house explosion in two days in the region

Published: Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013, 7:33 p.m.
Updated 3 minutes ago

An explosion that neighbors described as having 10 times the force of July 4th fireworks rocked a house in Moon Saturday evening — the second house to explode in the region in as many days.

Eyewitnesses reported that at least three other homes were damaged and debris was scattered over 500 yards.

Neighbors said that sometime between 6:30 p.m. and 6:45 p.m., they heard a massive explosion that occurred in the 1600 block of Charlton Heights Road. Allegheny County dispatchers said there were reports of people injured.

“It just shook all the houses up here,” said Richard Campbell, 66, of Chicora, who is visiting Moon to take care of some of his grandchildren.

His grandson Brett Frank, 16, described the blast was about 10 times louder than July 4 fireworks.

Township police are preparing to brief reporters, an officer near the scene said shortly before 8 p.m.

Several fire departments and medics responded the scene. WPXI-TV is reporting that the neighborhood is being evacuated.

On Friday, a 13-year-old girl died and three people were injured after a house in Follansbee, W.Va.

George Mozingo was in critical condition at UPMC Mercy, Uptown, while his wife and daughter, Tracy and Haley Mozingo, were in stable condition an Trinity Health System in Steubenville, Ohio, hospital representatives said.

The couple's daughter, Hannah Mozingo, 13, died in the explosion shortly after 7 a.m. Tyler Mozingo, a son, was not home at the time.

The West Virginia state fire marshal's office is leading an investigation into the cause of the blast, which Brooke County Sheriff Chuck Jackson called an “apparent natural gas explosion.” His office had no updates Saturday on the investigation. Neither the fire marshal's office nor a representative for Mountaineer Gas Co. could be reached immediately Saturday.

[Tracie Crespo]

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/11/20925678-explosion-kills...=

Explosion kills girl, injures three, destroys home in West Virginia

NBC News Channel

Fire crews at the scene of a home destroyed by an apparent natural gas explosion Friday morning in Follansbee, W.Va.

By M. Alex Johnson, Staff Writer, NBC News

An apparent natural gas explosion flattened a home in West Virginia on Friday, killing a girl, injuring three other people and damaging at least six other nearby homes, authorities said.

"There's nothing left of that house," Brooke County Sheriff Chuck Jackson said a news conference after the explosion Friday morning in the small town Follansbee, on the Ohio River near the Pennsylvania state line.

Authorities said that a girl was killed and that her parents and her sister were injured. They wouldn't confirm the girl's identity pending an autopsy, but they said the home belonged to George and Tracy Mozingo. Property records show that the Mozingos moved into the home about three months ago.

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Neighbors told NBC station WTOV of nearby Steubenville, Ohio, that the Mozingos have two daughters, as well as a son, who they said wasn't home at the time of the blast.

The Brooke County school system said crisis counselors were being made available for students and staff at Follansbee Middle School.

The explosion, which occurred about 7 a.m. ET, obliterated the house and could be heard by residents as far as 10 miles away. Some of the six nearby homes that were damaged were described as unlivable.

"I live in the valley below, and I have a stone house, and it blew five of the stones in," Sharon Stewart, 67, told NBC station WPXI of Pittsburgh.   Barbara Bottorf, 77, who lives two doors down from the house, said the explosion blew out several of her windows.

 "I thought it was World War II," she told WPXI. "I thought our house fell in."

Jackson said a neighbor called 911 to report an odor of natural gas shortly before the explosion.

"We had fire companies here," he said. "It was under investigation, and within moments we had the explosion."

"I've been to a number of these natural gas explosions," he said. "This is as bad as anything I've ever seen. I don't have words to describe it."

In a statement, Mountaineer Gas Co. said it was "still too early to determine the cause."

"We have surveyed the area, and there do not appear to be any safety concerns at this time," the utility said. "While all the facts are being determined, we want to assure the public we are on the scene with the fire marshal and local emergency officials."

[lonne rey]

Okla. pipeline blast sparks huge blaze, spurs evacuations

October 9, 2013, 2:48 AM

A pipeline explosion in rural northwestern Oklahoma was sending flames shooting into the night sky early Monday.

Deputy Cliff Brinson, of the Harper County Sheriff's Department, says the fire sounds like four roaring jet engines and has flames reaching two football fields high.

He says no injuries have been reported, and residents within two miles of the blast have been evacuated.

A family of three living in a home about 200 yards away escaped unharmed, authorities say.

Engineers with Northern Natural Pipeline are on the scene trying to cut off the natural gas flow to the 30-inch pipeline.

CBS Oklahoma City affiliate KWTV received numerous phone calls and e-mails from viewers saying blaze could be seen from southern Kansas and across the Oklahoma panhandle.

75 firefighters from Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas were on the scene and, despite the size of the flames, the fire was considered under control.

The blast rang out at 11:35 p.m. ET, and authorities shut down nearby Highway 283 as a precaution.

Source

[Starr DiGiacomo]

An electrical explosion at the NSA

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2013/10/08/fiery-explosions-roc...

Fiery Explosions Rock NSA Data Center

Trouble in spying paradise. Massive electrical surges at a data-storage facility for the National Security Agency led to the destruction of hugely expensive machinery and delayed its opening for a year, officials revealed Tuesday. In the past 10 months alone, the facility has experienced 13 electrical surges, which officials describe as “a flash of lightning inside a 2-foot box.” The melting metal that results from the fiery explosions causes the circuits to fail and prevents NSA workers from using the computers. A spokeswoman for the NSA insists, despite no clear culprit for the explosions, that the issues “have been mitigated.”

Read it at The Wall Street Journal

October 8, 2013 10:55 AM

Meltdowns Hobble NSA Data Center

Investigators Stumped by What's Causing Power Surges That Destroy Equipment

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://theeagleonline.com.ng/news/explosions-as-local-petroleum-dep...

Explosions as local petroleum depot catches fire in Lagos

Huge explosions were reported to have been heard in the Apapa area of Lagos State on Tuesday night when a local petroleum depot went up in flames.
Available information has it that the local petroleum depot is located on Edmor Street, by Wilmer Crescent in Olodi Apapa area of the state.
The fire from the explosion was said to have engulfed two buildings close by.
A two-story building at 12, Edmor Street and a three-story building at number 14 of the same street were gutted by the fire from the explosion.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://tribune.com.pk/story/614815/technical-fault-nine-injured-in-...

Technical fault: Nine injured in gas pipeline explosion in Sehwan

By Nazar Ali Panhwar

Published: October 8, 2013

The police and officials of the Sui Southern Gas Company denied any criminal activity behind the explosion. PHOTO: FILE

SEHWAN: At least nine people, including six women and a minor girl, were injured when the main gas supply line from Dadu to Sehwan exploded on Monday.

After the explosion, a fire broke out which soon engulfed four nearby houses and a mosque. The incident created fear among residents as the loud explosion could be heard about three to four kilometres away. The explosion took place in Ghulam Muhammad Khoso village – some 20 kilometres away from Sehwan city.

The police and officials of the Sui Southern Gas Company denied any criminal activity behind the explosion. The injured were taken to taluka hospital, Sehwan, and were said to be out of danger.

“The explosion took place because of the gas pressure in the main supply line,” said Sub-Divisional Officer Iqbal Ahmed Gopang, adding that the supply line would be restored on Wednesday.

Owing to the damage, the gas supply to several areas of Dadu, including Sehwan, Bobak, Talti, Aarawi, Jhangara, Bhajara and Bhan Saeedabad, was disrupted, while the CNG stations in these towns were shutdown because of the suspension.

“It was a technical fault not a terrorist act,” confirmed Sehwan ASP Tariq Wilayat.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 8^th, 2013.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-08/supermarket-explosion-in-sydn...

Supermarket explosion in Wentworthville in Sydney's west leaves 10 injured

Updated 4 hours 26 minutes ago

Police say it is remarkable that nobody died when an explosion and fire ripped through a western Sydney supermarket early this morning.

Ten people were injured after the explosion at the two-storey building on Station Street at Wentworthville at about 4:30am.

Eight police officers suffered minor burns and smoke inhalation while rescuing an injured man from the rubble.

The two men who were in the building at the time of the explosion are in a serious but stable condition.

Firefighters had believed two more men were inside the building, but now say that is not the case.

Locals have described the building as an Afghan supermarket with an apartment on top, while fire crews say it was a $2 shop.

Video posted on social media shows the building burning fiercely as screams are heard above the sound of flames.

Witness Katie Facaris saw a man who was stuck under burning bricks.

"He was yelling, 'Help, get me water'," she said.

Police 'just came from everywhere', tried to pull man from rubble

Another witness, Ethan Roberts, said police "just came from everywhere" after the explosion.

"There was another guy who was stuck in the fire, with all the bricks on top of him," he said.

"There was another guy telling him that the guy in the bricks is just going to have to wait until the fire crews get there.

"Then police just came from everywhere. There were probably about seven police officers that were going to get him out but they couldn’t because of the heat, it was just so hot."

The supermarket was next door to the Wentworthville Hotel, which was evacuated but did not catch fire.

It is not clear if the explosion caused the fire, or if the fire caused the explosion.

Fire crews beaten back as fire raged and building fell apart

PHOTO: Fire crews damp down the building after the explosion and fire (ABC News: Nick Grimm)

"It's very dangerous at the moment because we're unsure of the stability of the surrounding walls," Superintendent Paul Bailey from Fire and Rescue New South Wales said earlier this morning.

He said fire crews tried to get into the building after the explosion but were beaten back "due to the flames and structural integrity of the building as it was falling down around them."

He said the two men rescued from the rubble were very lucky.

"We found them in amongst a cavity of bricks so they've obviously fallen from the top of the building and fallen down and the fact that they've survived I think is a miracle," he said.

The cause of the explosion is unknown.

"We don't know a lot at the moment, we're going to conduct a lot of investigations throughout the day with the New South Wales Police," Superintendent Paul Bailey said.

"We do have explosion debris right across the road, so we know an explosion has occurred but its timing and its cause in relation to the fire is still yet to be determined."

Police praise bravery of officers who went into burning building

PHOTO: Fire crews sift through the remains of the supermarket following the explosion. (AAP: Quentin Jones)

Assistant Commissioner Denis Clifford praised the courage of the police officers who went into the rubble without protective gear to pull the two men to safety.

"Police have entered the building a number of times in an attempt to rescue a gentleman who was trapped under some rubble," he said.

He said the injured officers were in good spirits with minor burns and smoke inhalation in Westmead hospital.

Earlier police released a statement saying police went to the scene after seeing the fire while patrolling nearby.

"Crime scene officers, detectives and fire investigators are waiting for the scene of a fire to be declared safe before attempting to determine the cause of a blaze," the statement said.

"It's not known whether the explosion was the cause – or a consequence of – the fire.

"Detectives are waiting to speak with the injured men to get a clearer idea of the circumstances leading up to the fire."

PHOTO: Firefighters are not sure if the fire caused the explosion or the explosion caused the fire. (ABC TV)

Eyewitness says blast sounded like a car crash, was heard 2km away

Eyewitness Ethan Roberts was barely a minute up the road from the Wentworthville Hotel when he felt the explosion.

He says it was so powerful that it damaged shops on the other side of the road.

"When I heard the explosion I thought it was a car crash," he said.

"I ran straight down here, and the whole building had collapsed and was on fire.

"I was here 10 minutes before and the building was fine, I don't remember seeing anything out of the ordinary.

"It was so powerful that it knocked the doors out of the shop across the road and everything."

Local man Alex Balanda says he felt the explosion in his house 2 kilometres away.

"My fence shook and it sounded like someone was trying to break into my house," he said.

 "There was one massive bang and then momentarily afterwards there were successive explosions that sounded like gunshots."

"It was an Afghan supermarket.  There was a unit above it, it was a two-storey building and....it's all gone now."