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://english.pravda.ru/news/hotspots/22-05-2014/127630-gas_explos...

Gas explodes in Moscow apartment building, where US embassy officials live

22.05.2014 | Source: 

Pravda.Ru

AP photo

Household gas exploded in a residential building on Kutuzovsky Avenue in Moscow (Kutuzovsky Avenue,14). According to police, gas exploded in an apartment on the third floor of the nine-storyed building. Floors collapsed between the fourth and the third levels. An explosive wave shattered windows on three floors. A fire broke out after the explosion, but firefighters extinguished it quickly.

A woman was injured in the explosion, she was flown to hospital by helicopter. The woman is a U.S. citizen, ITAR-TASS reported.

The danger for the building to collapse still remains. The head of the press service of the Moscow EMERCOM, Viktor Biryukov, said that a wall of the building cracked; tenants are being evacuated.

According to a source at law enforcement agencies, there were employees of the U.S. Embassy among the tenants of the building. The building also housed an office of Al Jazeera International Limited. In addition, the building was a location for Municipal Polyclinic 57, a few bars, the Center for Social Assistance to Families and Children and several shops.

 

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/copsandcourts/ci_25810668/explosio...

Explosion at PG&E substation in Live Oak

POSTED:   05/21/2014 04:42:48 PM PDT

LIVE OAK >> An explosion and small fire were reported Wednesday afternoon at a Pacific Gas & Electric substation on Seventh Avenue in Live Oak, according to emergency dispatches.

About 5:10 p.m., flames and smoke were reported near Seventh Avenue and Bostwick Lane. Firefighters responded and said wires were down on the property.

Electricity was knocked out in the area, according to the PG&E website.

This story will be updated.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://news.yahoo.com/several-people-injured-explosion-wisconsin-fo...

Several people injured in explosion at Wisconsin foundry

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Seven people were injured on Monday in an explosion at a foundry in Wisconsin, rescue personnel and local media said.

The incident at Johnson Brass and Machine Foundry in Saukville happened at about 4 p.m. local time, a dispatcher with the Ozaukee County Sheriff's Department said.

The dispatcher said seven people were injured, but did not know the extent of the injuries or the cause of the explosion. Several area fire departments responded, the dispatcher said.

Molten metal spilled on employees at the foundry, which is located 25 miles north of Milwaukee, a plant supervisor told WISN television, an ABC affiliate in Milwaukee.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-13-30424-Three-injured-in-gas...

Three injured in gas pipeline explosion

Monday, May 19, 2014 

LAHORE: Three people were injured when a gas pipeline exploded and caught fire owing to a short circuit of high voltage wires in the Kot Lakhpat area on Sunday. Rescuers shifted the injured, identified as four-year-old Saleem, 22-year-old Jameel and 60-year-old Nawaz, to hospital where the condition of Jameel was stated to be precarious.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.fireengineering.com/ap-news/2014/05/17/explosion-in-braz...

EXPLOSION IN BRAZILIAN FITNESS GYM KILLS 2

05/17/2014

SAO PAULO (AP) — An explosion apparently caused by leaking gas ripped through a fitness gym in southeastern Brazil, killing at least two people and injuring nine others, officials said Saturday.

Capt. Sergio Agassi of the Sao Paulo Fire Department said two gym members were unaccounted for.

The explosion took place Saturday morning at the Tem Esportes gym in Sao Bernardo do Campo, an industrial suburb on the outskirts of Sao Paulo.

Agassi told reporters the explosion killed a swimming teacher and a man who lived next door to the gym.

He said the explosion apparently occurred in the boiler that heated the pool water. It is still unclear what ignited the gas.

Agassi said he did not know how many people were inside the gym at the time of the explosion.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/05/16/tennessee-stee...

6 injured in explosion at Tennessee steel mill

AP3:44 p.m. EDT May 16, 2014

One worker was critically burned in the Thursday night explosion at Gerdau Ameristeel Mill.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Investigators on Friday tried to determine what caused an explosion at a Knoxville, Tennessee, steel mill that injured six workers and could be heard by residents from blocks away.

One worker was critically burned in the Thursday night explosion at Gerdau Ameristeel Mill, which uses an electric arc furnace to turn scrap metal into steel, in north Knoxville and was being treated at a regional burn center, the company said in a statement. Five others injured workers had been treated and released from a local hospital.

The names of the victims had not been released. Officials with the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration said they were still investigating the cause. It typically takes six to eight weeks to complete an investigation, TOSHA spokesman Jeff Hentschel said in an email.

"The company is committed to worker safety and is working with the proper authorities to determine the root cause of the incident," Gerdau Ameristeel's statement said.

For those who heard it, the blast at the mill was unnerving.

Ryan McClane told the Knoxville News Sentinel he was about a block away when he heard a loud blast and saw black smoke coming from the plant.

"I could feel it in my chest when it blew up," McClane said. "It sounded like a bomb going off. Nothing like I ever felt or heard in my life."

Shane Nichols told Knoxville station WATE-TV he also felt the explosion.

"It shook the whole house, I thought it busted some windows. I heard car alarms going off, so when I ran outside to my front porch I saw smoke blowing out of every end of the whole factory," he said.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.wthr.com/story/25531980/2014/05/15/explosion-reported-at...

Six injured in northwest Indianapolis apartment explosion

Updated: May 16, 2014 12:06 PM EDT

INDIANAPOLIS - 

Investigators are looking into the cause of an apartment complex explosion that injured six people Thursday night.

The explosion happened at the Pangea apartment complex in the 2600 block of Cold Spring Road around 10 p.m. Thursday. Five units had significant damage, and 12 residents were displaced.

Four of the six people injured were Marian University students. Two have been released and another two remain at Eskenazi Hospital with critical but non-life-threatening injuries. One of those in the hospital is a student from Indiana and another is a competitive cyclist from Georgia.

Apartment management has secured the building and have active security on site. They're working with engineers to determine the stability of the building.

Fire and police investigators can't go inside the building until engineers say it's safe for them to enter. Utilities remain shut off.

Those living in the apartments spoke with Eyewitness News.  One man told WTHR, "I heard, like, the whole building shook, so we didn't know what happened. I thought a car had ran into the building."

"There was a huge fireball, like the brightest fireball you've ever seen," said a female resident. "We made sure everybody was out of the building, but it was just chaos."

The woman says she saw children running from the explosion, bloody and burned.

Two residents, ages 19 and 20, told investigators they were upstairs in their townhome when the explosion happened, but they did not know what caused it. They were taken to Eskenazi Health to be treated for what firefighters described as non-life-threatening injuries caused by slight burns.

Two friends, ages 20 and 22, were downstairs, but did not suffer any injuries. They were taken to IU Health Methodist Hospital as a precaution.

A mother, 48, and her 17-year-old daughter in an adjacent townhome were taken to the hospital, but did not suffer any injuries. Their residence was also damaged in the explosion.

Residents were evacuated from the building where the explosion occurred and nearby buildings. Emergency crews wanted to make sure utilities were shut off in the complex. The residents were boarded onto IndyGo buses to keep warm.

Tenants say they had complained about utility and gas issues in the past in the complex and some reported smelling the odor of "dirty water" or sewer gas in recent days.

It has not yet been determined what might have sparked the explosion. Citizens Gas tested the area outside the townhome, but did not detect any gas. Fire and police investigators continue to work with utility companies and the apartment management to try to determine a cause.

All occupants of the affected townhome and their pets were accounted for.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.csnphilly.com/article/underground-explosions-rock-center...

Underground Explosions Rock Center City

May 16, 2014, 5:04 am

Two separate underground blasts caused at least one manhole cover to blow off and Philadelphia Police to block off a major intersection this morning.

The first transformer exploded around 3 a.m. Friday at 15th and Market Streets in Center City.

As officers investigated the first blast, they saw the second one occur at 15th and Market. After the manhole cover blew off, smoke could be seen coming from the hole, according to officers on the scene.

Philadelphia Firefighters got the situation under control after about an hour. And PECO crews were on the scene since they own the two transformers that caught fire.

Luckily no one was hurt.

Police blocked off the intersection and surrounding roads and sidewalks as the investigation continued. SEPTA also detoured buses around the scene and the trolley lines were bypassing the 15th Street stop.

Those restrictions were slowly lifted and by 5:15 a.m. traffic was getting by on Market Street and some lanes along 15th Street near City Hall. The incident was mostly cleared by the morning rush.

No power outages were reported, according to PECO.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2014/05/15/huge-blast-in-athens-sub...

Blast in Athens Suburb After Suspected Gas Leak

May 15 2014

The Athens suburb of Nea Erythraia was rocked by an explosion at 03.41am, in a local restaurant. - 

The restaurant was completely destroyed by the explosion. Miraculously, there were no casualties in the apartment just above the restaurant, or in the adjoining apartments.

The blast damaged at least five cars and shattered many windows nearby, but its cause is not yet clear. Initial estimates suggest leaking propane gas cylinders.

The explosion sparked a fire, which 18 firemen with six vehicles were able to contain quickly.

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[Tracie Crespo]

http://news.msn.com/world/hundreds-trapped-in-turkish-coal-mine

5 dead, up to 300 trapped in Turkish coal mine

 A miner has died and more than 200 miners have been trapped inside a mine in the western Turkish province of Manisa following a malfunction at an electrical transformer nearby late on May 13, 2014.

 

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An explosion and fire at a coal mine in western Turkey killed at least five people Tuesday and trapped hundreds of workers underground, Turkish officials said. At least 25 people were reported alive after being rescued.

A power distribution unit at a mine in the town of Soma exploded Tuesday afternoon, Soma administrator Mehmet Bahattin Atci told reporters. The town is 250 kilometers (155 miles) south of Istanbul.

Atci said between 200 to 300 workers were trapped inside the mine.

Cengiz Ergun, the mayor for Manisa province, said the death toll stood at five and that at least 25 people were evacuated alive.

Private NTV television said the accident occurred some 2 kilometers (1 1/4 miles) deep inside the mine.

"It is a serious accident," Energy Minister Taner Yildiz told reporters before leaving to oversee the Soma rescue operation. "Our priority is to reach our miner brothers ... any figure we give could well be wrong."

Yildiz said rescuers were pumping fresh air into the mine and rescue teams from neighboring regions were rushing to the area. Journalists were being kept away from the site but a witness told NTV that ambulances were seen leaving the area.

Families gathered outside the hospital in Soma seeking news of their loves ones, NTV reported.

SOMA Komur Isletmeleri A.S., which owns the mine, confirmed that a number of its workers were killed but did not say how many. It said the accident occurred despite "highest safety measures and constant controls" and an investigation was being launched.

"Our main priority is to get our workers out so that they may be reunited with their loved ones," the company said in a statement.

Mining accidents are common in Turkey, which is plagued by poor safety conditions.

Turkey's worst mining disaster was a 1992 gas explosion that killed 263 workers near the Black Sea port of Zonguldak..