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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.

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Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on October 2, 2013 at 3:17am

A controlled explosion released a huge amount of carbon dioxide in the mine trapping miners and killing three.

http://www.ferret.com.au/articles/news/Three-German-miners-killed-i...

Three German miners killed in underground explosion

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Three miners, who were trapped underground following a controlled potash mine blast, have died.


The men were trapped in a 700 metre deep shaft following a controlled explosion that caused a severe carbon dioxide leak, according to Reuters.

While four miners did manage to escape, the remaining three died after breathing the released carbon dioxide at the K+S's Werra operation, in the German state of Thueringia, near the town of Unterbreizbach.


"A carbon dioxide leak occurred to an extent we did not expect after an explosion, and this led to the people dying," Rainer Gerling, the operation's manager, told a news conference.

"After the explosions, we carry out checks to see how much carbon dioxide is in the mine. This was the actual job of these employees, and they were then surprised by the occurrence of CO2 on the site," he added.

K+S is investigating the accident.

 

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on September 29, 2013 at 2:54am

http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/23554927/german-village-evacuated-a...

German village evacuated after gas explosion

Posted: Sep 28, 2013 5:43 AM CDTUpdated: Sep 28, 2013 11:37 AM CDT
 
Firefighters try to contain a gas explosion in a German village, that caused an evacuation. (Source:MGN)Firefighters try to contain a gas explosion in a German village, that caused an evacuation. (Source:MGN)

The 3,000 residents of Hartenhausen near Ludwigshafen had to leave their homes after a gas tank exploded at the local Gas Trans company, police spokesman Markus Sicius said.

A blaze at the company was reported before dawn, and while firefighters were trying to douse the flames, the fire spread to a truck with a gas tank, which then exploded.

Sicius said one of the injured firefighters was in critical condition, but his injuries weren't believed to be life-threatening. Most of the other firefighters were treated at surrounding hospitals for burns and smoke inhalation.

Residents were taken to nearby Dudenhofen and put up at a gymnasium, while police were patrolling the abandoned village to prevent burglaries.

The explosion was so strong that it could be heard in Ludwigsburg, which is 30 kilometers (about 20 miles) away. Two other gas tanks were catapulted onto a nearby field and an empty storage building by the blast wave. For fear of further explosions, residents won't be allowed to return home until at least Sunday, police said.

The cause of the fire wasn't immediately known, but German news agency dpa reported that investigators were looking at arson as one possible reason for the fire.

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/301891-german-village-harthausen-ev...

Harthausen, Germany, Evacuated After Gas Explosion: Firefighters Injured

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on September 27, 2013 at 7:52pm

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/27/us-france-explosions-idUS...

At least three killed in explosion at Paris work site

PARIS | Fri Sep 27, 2013 1:25pm EDT

(Reuters) - At least three people were killed on Friday in a large explosion on a work site in central Paris which the fire brigade said was likely an accident caused by a fuel tank igniting.

The blast on a narrow street in northern Paris ripped through an underground garage where several workers were gathered, causing surrounding buildings to shake.

A building across from the blast site had been evacuated and the fire brigade was reinforcing its foundations to avoid collapse, a fireman said.

A fuel tank was the most likely cause of the blast, he added. Rescuers were using dogs to search for a possible fourth victim under rubble.

"The circumstances of this tragedy are not yet clear and an investigation will shed light on this terrible accident," Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe said in a statement.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on September 27, 2013 at 5:54pm

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Update: Large explosion at chemical company east of London, caustic soda liquid leaking

Posted on 09-26 at 20:29:32 CST

[As released by the local fire department]

Explosion in Thurrock - Incident Details

Incident: Large Chemical Explosion at Industrial Chemicals

Address: Industrial Chemicals Limited, Stoness Road, West Thurrock

Attendance: 3 x Grays, 2 x Orsett, Maldon Foam Lorry, Southend ALP

Details: 

Crews arriving at the scene report an explosion of chemical in a chlorine scrubbing unit.

One man suffered minor injuries to his shin. He was treated at the scene by firefighters and did not need an Ambulance. Crews are standing by while site workers investigate.

At 20:50hrs, the incident commander reports that the explosion has caused a leak of caustic soda liquid. Crews are still standing by.

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Large explosion at chemical company east of London
Posted on 09-26 at 20:15:52 CST
[As released by local police]

West THURROCK: explosion at chemical company; warning to resident to stay indoors 26/09/2013

The Fire Service and other emergency services are at the scene of a chemical incident in Stoness Road, West Thurrock where there is believed to have been an explosion at Industrial Chemicals Ltd. There are no reports of any casualties at this time.

Police are asking that anyone who lives in the area stay indoors and keeps their windows and doors closed. There are reports of a strong chlorine smell in the area.

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Update: Large explosion at chemical company east of London, caustic soda liquid leaking
Posted on 09-26 at 20:29:32 CST
[As released by the local fire department]

Explosion in Thurrock - Incident Details

Incident: Large Chemical Explosion at Industrial Chemicals

Address: Industrial Chemicals Limited, Stoness Road, West Thurrock

Attendance: 3 x Grays, 2 x Orsett, Maldon Foam Lorry, Southend ALP

Details: 

Crews arriving at the scene report an explosion of chemical in a chlorine scrubbing unit.

One man suffered minor injuries to his shin. He was treated at the scene by firefighters and did not need an Ambulance. Crews are standing by while site workers investigate.

At 20:50hrs, the incident commander reports that the explosion has caused a leak of caustic soda liquid. Crews are still standing by.

Comment by Caryn D on September 26, 2013 at 6:03am

http://www.toledonewsnow.com/story/23523767/1-dead-1-injured-in-lib...

Victims identified in deadly Liberty Center home explosion

Posted: Sep 25, 2013 8:22 AM EDTUpdated: Sep 25, 2013 10:39 PM EDT
HENRY COUNTY, OH (Toledo News Now) -

The Henry County EMA director has identified the victims from Wednesday morning's home explosion in Liberty Center. The Henry County Sheriff's Office says the explosion happened around 7:30 a.m. at County Road S and 9.

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Henry County EMA director Tracy Busch, says Steven Collins, 72, was taken to the hospital by air ambulance with serious burns. Collins was conscious, however, and able to tell EMS that Judy Garwood, 63, was inside the home before the explosion. Collins was the homeowner, and neighbors say Garwood was his fiance who was living with him. Officials do not believe anyone else is involved or missing in the explosion.

"All of a sudden, I hear this big, huge boom. Stuff starts flying. And I thought we had been hit by a plane," said neighbor Jean Sonnenberg.

Neighbors who saw the explosion say they will never forget the image.

"I saw Steve crawling out of the rubble. He was completely naked and he was bleeding everywhere," said neighbor Collin Vollmar.

Windows were blown out and debris covered yards of surrounding homes.

"The debris field is over a quarter mile long. You see insulation all the way past my truck out in the bean field out there. You don't know what to say, except it looked like a war zone," said Busch.

The house has been completely leveled. Busch says homes nearby are not structurally sound. On Wednesday morning, officials warned nearby homeowners not to go back inside their homes unless accompanied by a firefighter. They were not allowed to return until Wednesday afternoon. 

The Red Cross is helping everyone at the scene, from firefighters to neighbors. Since firefighters cannot leave the scene, the Red Cross brought lunch to them, along with residents who were unable to go back home. According to the Red Cross, two families in adjacent homes will be assisted with lodging and food. The Red Cross will return Thursday to continue aiding those affected.

A school bus was en route during the time of the explosion. Officials say the school will have counselors on hand for children who witnessed the explosion.

"There is a lot of emotion, because, you know, people live right next door. They know them very well. It could have been their home. There's a lot of what-ifs," said Busch.

The cause of the explosion is undetermined at this time, but is believed to have been caused by a gas leak. The nearest natural gas line is located a mile away, but propane gas is used in the area. Neighbors say they saw a serviceman at the house Tuesday installing a propane tank.

Authorities are looking into the claim, but in the meantime, Busch is using this incident as an opportunity to remind residents of the dangers of gas.

"All we can do is pass on the word. Please follow the safety guidelines that your propane or your gas supplier gives you. If you've done work on your homes and you haven't had your line inspected, maybe, you know, it's a good thing to do that," said Busch.

An investigation will continue as crews search for clues buried in the rubble. Until they know what officially caused the explosion, officials are treating it like a crime scene.

This is the second home explosion in northwest Ohio in two weeks. On Sept. 17, a home exploded in Troy Township, killing a 65-year-old mother and her 37-year-old son. 

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on September 26, 2013 at 12:03am

http://bc.ctvnews.ca/explosions-ring-out-as-fire-guts-maple-ridge-c...

Explosions ring out as fire guts Maple Ridge cedar mill

Fire investigators will be trying to determine the cause of an explosion and fire that destroyed a Maple Ridge cedar shake mill early Wednesday morning.

Eight trucks and 30 firefighters arrived at the facility around 1 a.m. to find a fully involved structure fire in the area where they produce cedar shakes.

Maple Ridge Fire Dept. Asst. Chief Mark Smitton says about half a dozen propane tanks had exploded.

The tanks are used to power the forklifts that move the pallets of wood.

The cause is still under investigation, and no injuries have been reported.

Eight people work at the mill, but there is no overnight shift. The shutdown is devastating for the workers, some of whom have worked at other mills that have closed down.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on September 20, 2013 at 3:44am

Chemical Plant Explosion Sends Fireball 80 Feet Into The Air - 9/18/2013

A rural Oklahoma town received a major shock late Wednesday night when a chemical plant exploded. A witness at the scene was able to capture one of the explosions. The explosion sent a fireball over 80 feet into the air and forced officials to evacuate homes up to four miles north of the facility.

"It's scary. I didn't know what to do at first. I thought we were going to have to leave town. My dad's not here so we wouldn't have been able to do much. So it's kind of scary,' said Garett Snay Thomas, Okla. Resident.

Luckily there were no injuries reported. Fire crews are not using water to dose the fire, but instead they have it contained and are just letting it burn out.

http://www.news9.com/story/23480501/thomas-residents-face-uncertain...

Several residents evacuated homes nearby the plant, Danlin Industries Corp., which happens to be the town's largest employer.

Several residents evacuated homes nearby the plant, Danlin Industries Corp., which happens to be the town's largest employer

Thomas Residents Face Uncertain Future After Plant Explosion

Posted: Sep 19, 2013 6:42 PM CDTUpdated: Sep 19, 2013 6:42 PM CDT

News9.com - Oklahoma City, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports |

THOMAS, Oklahoma -

Residents in the small town of Thomas, Okla. in Custer County are still rattled after a huge chemical plant explosion, Wednesday night.

Several residents evacuated homes nearby the plant, Danlin Industries Corp., which happens to be the town's largest employer.

"Everybody knows somebody that's employed there. It's like watching your own home burn down," said Jamie King, a Thomas resident and managing editor of the Thomas Tribune.

King lives a mile away from the plant and said the explosion was frightening.

"There was thick black smoke, it was so dark and heavy," King said. "It was exploding back to back."

The Danlin plant produces chemicals used in oilfields. It's a family-owned company named after its founders Danny and Linda Floyd, who started the business in the early 1990s that later blossomed to offices in seven states.

All of its nearly 70 employees were gone by the time of the explosion. The last employee is said to have left around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, hours before fire broke out before 10 p.m. Because of the hazardous chemicals, firefighters didn't try to put flames out from inside the plant.

9/19/2013 Related Story: Fire, Explosions At Danlin Chemical Plant ...

"We didn't fight this fire at all. We just let it burn. It was too intense, too dangerous to get close to," said Warren Manley of Thomas Emergency Management.

While damage from the chemical explosion is still visible, the effects of the explosion on the town has residents worried.

"This was the worst case scenario for a town of our size," said Harold Gleason, publisher of the Thomas Tribune. "They employ so many people here. They're like our own. Their names are on the scoreboard of our football field."

The city of Thomas has about 1,200 people. Residents are hopeful the company will rebuild the plant after its devastating loss.

Gleason said the owners are assessing the situation and trying to continue operations at a temporary office in another location. He said the mayor, city council and economic developers have offered to help the Danlin rebuild.

"It was just more than you can comprehend to see the entire structure and just humongous explosions and billowing flames all the way through," Gleason said. "And to see it in the daylight, see the full effect of it, it just really takes your breath away."

Firefighters reported no injuries and say it could at least two days before the plant cools down completely.

Part of highway 47, which runs along the plant, is closed until Friday morning. Drivers traveling to Thomas are asked to take highway 33. OSHA is also investigating the cause of the explosion. Danlin does not have any prior OSHA violations.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on September 18, 2013 at 1:48am

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/emergency-crews-respond-ho...

Stamford, Connecticut explosion levels house, flings debris up to 400 feet

Stamford Mayor Michael Pavia told the Daily News that the homeowner’s life was spared because he was on the property but not indoors at the time of the harrowing blast.

PUBLISHED: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2013, 3:39 PM
UPDATED: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2013, 7:09 PM
MANDATORY CREDIT

AP PHOTO/THE STAMFORD ADVOCATE, LINDSAY PERRY

A firefighter helps to walks through the rubble of the Connecticut home that exploded Tuesday afternoon.

A massive explosion destroyed a home in a quiet Connecticut neighborhood and flames spread to at least three other houses, causing extensive damage.

Fire and emergency crews rushed to the blast site at 305 Webbs Hill Road in North Stamford, after it was reported 1:54 p.m. Tuesday.

“When the fire department and police arrived at the scene… there was no house left. It was in a million pieces,” Stamford Mayor Michael Pavia told the Daily News. “The home was completely and totally destroyed.”

Fortunately there were no fatalities and no one was seriously injured, Pavia said. The homeowner was taken to the hospital as a precaution.




Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on September 15, 2013 at 6:51pm

http://stcroixsource.com/content/news/local-news/2013/09/14/explosi...

Explosion, Flames Engulf Gasworks Station in Bovoni, Virgin Islands

 

The explosion at Gasworks, seen from a nearby hillside. (Photo by Celia Carroll)
The explosion at Gasworks, seen from a nearby hillside. (Photo by Celia Carroll)

Black smoke and pillars of fire tore through the night's sky Saturday as fuel tanks exploded at the Gasworks service station in Bovoni in a blast one witness described as looking "like an atomic bomb."

Officials Saturday night reported only one injury from the fire, and another person was injured while climbing a fence in an effort to escape. Motorists were advised by emergency officials to avoid the area.

The first report of a fire in Bovoni was received at the 911 emergency call center at about 8:30 p.m.

Joyce Doumeng was in her home, about three quarters of a mile from the station, talking on the phone to a friend in Florida when she heard the first blast. She went outside and looked east and saw flames leaping from the station.

"It looked like when you see film of a plane crash," she said. "Repeatedly, as each tank went up, it just filled the sky with black smoke and fresh flames."

Doumeng spoke to the Source about 45 minutes after the first explosion, and said by that time the explosions had ceased but the fire was still burning.

"It looks like an atomic bomb, just a huge plume of black smoke."

She said because there were little or no winds, the smoke was going straight up.

 

Fire consumes the Gasworks. (Submitted photo)
Fire consumes the Gasworks. (Submitted photo)

Even as she spoke to the Source, she said the smoke was thinning somewhat, and she was able to see lights from St. John through the black cloud.

According to Christine Lett, public information officer for the V.I. Territorial Emergency Management Authority, it appeared that gas tanks stored behind the station had exploded.

"The explosion was in their storage facility," she said. "It was fuel – gasoline, not propane," that was being stored.

VI Fire Service firefighters and the VI Port Authority’s crash unit responded to battle the blaze. At approximately 9:15 p.m., VI Police Department officers began asking residents of lower Bovoni (across from the Gas Works Gas Station) to evacuate the area.

VITEMA Director Elton Lewis also partially activated St. Thomas’ Emergency Operations Center to coordinate and support the response to the fire and Department of Health officials remained on standby to issues health advisories if necessary.  The Department of Planning and Natural Resources and VI Rescue also responded to the incident.

At about 9:30 p.m. VITEMA issued a call for all water truck companies to call the 911 call center. Lett said the fire fighters had not run out of water, but officials want to make sure they had sufficient supplies.

Firefighters contained the blaze just after 11 p.m. and the VI Fire Service issued an ‘all-clear’ at 11:25 p.m. allowing residents of lower Bovoni to return home.

Governor's Office spokesman Jean Greaux said the fire was concentrated behind the store and the store was completely engulfed in flames.

An individual who was at the gas station at the time of the explosion, received burns to 18 percent of his body and was transported to Schneider Hospital for treatment, according to VITEMA.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on September 6, 2013 at 5:50pm

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Riverside-House-Explosion-F...

House "Completely Blown Up," Explosion Shakes Riverside Neighborhood

Piles of rubble continued to burn hours after the powerful blast, which "sounded like someone dropped a truck from a helicopter"

 Friday, Sep 6, 2013  |  Updated 7:42 AM PDT

Neighbors felt their homes shake when a house exploded in Riverside.

Firefighters continued to spray water on flames Friday morning after an explosion at a Riverside home -- a blast that neighbors described as feeling like an earthquake, big rig crash and a "truck dropped from a helicopter."

Details regarding the cause of the blast were not immediately available. Gas company employees were called to the house, which had been under renovation for 30 days, according to fire officials.

A fire captain who was among the first responders described the house as "completely blown up and gone." No one was in the house at the time of the explosion.

The powerful explosion destroyed the structure and left debris scattered in the neighborhood. No injuries were reported, but several nearby homes were damaged.

Neighbor Craig Erickson said the force of the blast blew open the door of a home and sent debris into nearby yards. He ran outside to check on neighbors as his girlfriend called the fire department.

"It was just a huge explosion -- I didn't know if it was a plane crash,"  said Erickson. "It sounded like a rig might have crash, or I thought maybe it was an earthquake."

Erickson said construction crews had been working on the house.

A neighbor who lives about a half-mile from the home heard and felt the explosion. His house shook from the blast.

"It sounded like someone dropped a truck from a helicopter -- it was just like, 'boom,'" said Gary Wolfenberger.

The blast was reported at 4:18 a.m. and piles of rubble continued to burn at about 6 a.m. Firefighters climbed to the roof of an adjacent house to spray water on the fires.

The attic of a house to the east also caught on fire.

and from another

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-riverside-house-exposio...

One home flattened, another on fire after explosion in Riverside

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A Riverside community was shaken awake Friday morning when an unoccupied home exploded, flattening the property.

Riverside Fire Department Capt. Bruce Vanderhorst said an early morning call came in "as a resident that said 'I think the house blew up next door.'"

Just before 4:20 a.m., the home in the 4100 block of Ivanpah Place exploded when natural gas inside the home ignited, Vanderhorst said. The house had been vacant for the last month while it underwent renovations.

The blast was so massive that all that was left of the home was a flattened pile of wood and rubble, and a geyser of flames blasting from the natural gas line, television news footage showed. There were no reported injuries.

Vanderhorst said he’s never responded to an incident like it before. The scene, he added, initially left crews speechless.

“There’s no way to really describe this one,” Vanderhorst said one firefighter told him.

"All I know is it sounded like a trash truck dropped from a helicopter," resident Gary Wolfenberger told NBC-Los Angeles.

The blast caused structural damage to the home to the west. And the attic of the home to the east of the blast caught fire, Vanderhorst said.

Wayne Keller was in the home to the east sleeping when his the house blew up.

“It was mayhem; you could hear the gas line going like crazy,” he told KABC.  He described his home as “uninhabitable” after the blast.

Keller said the owners of the next-door property were preparing to rent it out.

Arson investigators will start their inquiry after the gas line is shut down, Vanderhorst said.

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