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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...

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Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on June 18, 2013 at 6:25am

http://www.examiner.com/article/postville-explosion-injures-3-and-s...

Postville explosion injures 3 and shocks Iowa; cause unknown

A Postville, Iowa explosion early Monday morning at the Norplex Laminates manufacturing plant in the 600 block of Lybrand Street shocked residents and caused up to $7 million in damage,

The Postville explosion at the Norplex-Micarta laminate manufacturing plant was reported at 1:20 a.m. on Monday and injured three workers, one seriously. The critically injured worker was standing near a machine that exploded and was airlifted to the burn unit at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. Another injured worker was treated and released from a local hospital, and a third injured worker refused treatment.

The building's sprinkler system was activated and helped to keep the fire from spreading. However, blue smoke was reportedly rushing out of the facility when firefighters arrived. Building personnel also shut off gas valves and boilers to help keep the fire under control. Said Chris Dahlstrom, the Allamakee County emergency management coordinator, "The building is specially made so that if something falters, [the fire] will go up through the roof."

The Postville explosion is the latest in a series of explosions around the country within a week. Last week, a gas leak in Westminster, Colo. injured two and damaged homes, and an explosion at Williams Olefins chemical plant in Geismar, La. killed one and injured 60 people. A few days ago, another blast at a nitrogen plant in Donaldsonville, La. killed one and injured seven. The Norplex-Micarta explosion caused up to $7 million in damage to the plant, and the cause is still under investigation.

In a statement, plant manager Alan Johnson said that "prayers are with our employees and their families". He also added that the company is still waiting on an update on the condition of the most seriously injured worker.

Comment by KM on June 17, 2013 at 2:44pm

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/06/15/plains-midstream-pipeline_n...

Plains Midstream Spill: Company Responds To Natural Gas Pipeline Leak

CP  |  By The Canadian Press Posted: 06/15/2013 8:13 pm EDT  |  Updated: 06/16/2013 12:21 pm EDT

MANNING, Alta. - A pipeline company is dealing with a new spill in Alberta.

Plains Midstream Canada says it is responding to a leak on its Kemp natural gas pipeline system approximately 90 kilometres northwest of Manning, Alberta.

The company says the leak involves condensate, a liquid obtained by condensation of a gas or vapor.

The company says the system is 79 kilometres long and transports condensate and other natural gas liquids, which it says are a byproduct of processed natural gas.

Plains Midstream says it doesn't know yet how much condensate escaped or what caused it, but it says the line has been shut down.

Earlier this month, provincial regulators estimate nearly 10 million litres of waste water containing salt, oil and other minerals spilled from Apache Canada Limited's pipeline near Zama City.

Greenpeace Canada spokesperson Mike Hudema says spills are happening too often and that the government is failing to protect the environment and communities.

Comment by Tracie Crespo on June 15, 2013 at 3:02pm

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/14/18963584-one-person-kill...

One person killed in second plant incident in two days in Louisiana parish

WVLA-TV

The CF Industries plant in Donaldsonville,  La., is just 30 miles south of Geismar, where a chemical plant explosion killed two people Thursday, June 13.

A container ruptured at a Louisiana nitrogen plant Friday night, killing one person and injuring at least seven others, the company said — just a day after an explosion at a chemical plant killed two people in the same parish.

Louisiana State Police told NBC News that three of the injured were in critical condition.

The plant's owner, CF Industries of Deerfield, Ill., said the incident occurred about 6 p.m. (7 p.m. ET) at its facility in Donaldsonville, roughly halfway between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. "There was no fire or chemical release nor is there any threat or hazard posed to the community," it said.

Ascension Parish Sheriff Jeff Wiley and plant manager Lou Frey said at a news conference Friday night that the rupture — which initially was reported as an explosion — was caused by workers who overpressurized a nitrogen vessel they were filling from a truck at CF Industries in Donaldsonville.

"There was no explosion, no fire," Frey said.

Wiley said it was "like a balloon popping."

Federal records show that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined CF Industries, one of the world's biggest nitrogen fertilizer producers, about $150,000 for safety and health violations after a fire and explosion killed three people at the Donaldsonville plant in 2000. It cited 12 violations posing "substantial probability" of serious injury or death. 

The blast Friday occurred just a day after an explosion and fire at the Williams Olefins chemical plant in Geismar, just 30 miles north of Donaldsonville, killed two people and injured more than 70 others. State Police confirmed the second death Friday.

"The irony of back-to-back incidents has not escaped us," Wiley, said. "We express our sincere condolences to the families of the deceased and injured."

Azhar Fateh of NBC News contributed to this report.

Comment by Chris on June 13, 2013 at 9:26pm
Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on June 13, 2013 at 12:24am

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Report-Two-...

Gas explosion levels home, critically injures 3

By Carol Christian | June 11, 2013 | Updated: June 11, 2013 10:14pm

Firefighters carry a hose after putting out hotspots in the debris of a home that exploded, Tuesday, June 11, 2013, in Dobbin. Two people were transported to the hospital after the home exploded around 9 a.m. Photo: Cody Duty, Houston Chronicle / © 2013 Houston Chronicle

Three people were critically injured Tuesday morning in Montgomery County after a house exploded in the community of Dobbin, scattering debris for half a mile.

Eight-month-old Wyatt Mock was flown to UTMB-Galveston for treatment of severe head trauma and burns to 56 percent of his body, according to family member Corbin Mock.

The infant's grandmother Jennifer Mock, 58, and his great-aunt Lena Knight, 65, were transported by helicopter to Memorial Hermann Hospital. Both women were in critical condition in the John S. Dunn Burn Center, the hospital confirmed Tuesday night.

A UTMB-Galveston spokesman declined to provide the child's condition, citing federal privacy rules relating to children.

Fire Marshal Jimmy Williams said the blast was felt as far away as Lake Conroe and Willis.

"People were finding things from the house on top of the grocery store, in trees, and at least a half a mile away," said Corbin Mock.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on June 11, 2013 at 7:28am

http://www.14news.com/story/22554711/explosion-erupts-at-huntingbur...

Explosion destroys Huntingburg gas storage facility

Posted: Jun 10, 2013 9:30 PM CDT Updated: Jun 10, 2013 9:43 PM CDT

DUBOIS CO., IN (WFIE) -

A dehydration facility at the Huntingburg gas storage field has been destroyed by an explosion. 

The facility that is located southwest of the city along South County Road 500 West, was destroyed on Monday in the explosion that happened around 6:50 p.m. EST. 

Officials say the building was completely engulfed in flames when the Holland Volunteer Fire Department arrived. Huntingburg utility crews arrived on the scene and shut off the lines feeding the facility, which reduced the flames and allowed firefighters to control the blaze.

Officials say no one was injured in the explosion. 

Gas service to Huntingburg gas customers was not affected, but local customers near the facility were without service for a short time. Service has been restored.

Officials tell us the gas storage field has been capped and is secure.

The cause of the explosion has not yet been determined. The state fire marshal will be on the scene to investigate Tuesday morning.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on June 8, 2013 at 7:23am

House explosion in Pa. knocks out walls, bricks

Updated 2:11 pm, Friday, June 7, 2013


Read more: http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/House-explosion-in-Pa-knocks-...



Comment by Kojima on June 3, 2013 at 5:12pm

Blaze at locked Chinese poultry slaughterhouse kills 119: state media [Reuters; 3 June 2013]

(Reuters) - A blaze at a locked poultry slaughterhouse in northeast China killed at least 119 people on Monday with several still unaccounted for, officials and state media said, triggering online outrage in a country with a grim record on fire safety.

The fire broke out just after dawn near Dehui in Jilin province. The provincial government said it sent more than 500 firefighters and more than 270 doctors and nurses to the scene, evacuating 3,000 nearby residents as a precaution.

China Central Television showed thick black smoke pouring from a low-slung, one-storey building with an arched roof over part of it.

Flames shot through some rooftop vents, and firefighters on the ground and on high ladders poured water onto the roof and onto smoldering debris inside the building.

CCTV showed a backhoe punching through a wall so firefighters could aim more water inside.

"It was so fast - we first saw a flash, then there was a big 'bang'," an unidentified employee of the slaughterhouse told CCTV. "We knew it was bad, so then we all ran. We didn't know what happened, we didn't know it was an explosion."

The death toll prompted President Xi Jinping, on a visit to Latin America and the United States, to issue instructions to care for the injured and vigorously investigate the cause of the disaster, holding accountable according to law all found to be responsible, the television reported.

Premier Li Keqiang called on firefighters and other emergency workers to proceed urgently to save lives as the top priority, CCTV said.

Local police said ammonia gas leaks might have caused the explosions, prompting the evacuation of residents, the China News Service reported.

More than 300 workers were in the plant at the time, with employees reporting hearing the bang and then seeing smoke, state news agency Xinhua said.

"About 100 workers have managed to escape from the plant whose gate was locked when the fire occurred," Xinhua said.

"The complicated interior structure of the prefabricated house in which the fire broke out and the narrow exits have added difficulties to the rescue work."

The exact number of people missing was unclear, as was the cause of the fire, Xinhua said. The Jilin government said 60 people were injured and had been rushed to hospital.

People took to social media sites to express their anger.

"Was this place never regularly inspected by fire safety authorities?" wrote one user on China's popular Twitter-like service Sina Weibo.

"Senior officials need to be sacked because of this," wrote another.

RELATIVES OF VICTIMS DEMAND EXPLANATION

Victims' relatives gathered outside the building to "demand the government investigate and announce the cause of the accident as soon as possible", Xinhua said.

Hong Kong's Phoenix Television cited family members as saying that the doors were always kept locked during working hours during which workers were forbidden to leave and that the slaughterhouse never carried out fire drills.

China's record is poor. Fire exits in factories are often locked or blocked and regulations can be easily skirted by bribing corrupt officials.

Jilin is a largely agricultural province and an important grower of corn and soy beans.

The slaughterhouse is owned by a small local feed and poultry producer called Jilin Baoyuanfeng Poultry Company, according to the government.

A fire at a nightclub in Shenzhen, just across the border from Hong Kong, killed 44 people in 2008. A senior policeman was jailed for taking bribes to allow the unlicensed venue to remain open.

One of modern China's worst fire disasters occurred in late 2000, when fire engulfed building workers at a discotheque in a mall in the central city of Luoyang, killing 309.

Many of China's deadly industrial accidents happen in the huge coal mining industry, in which more than 1,300 people died last year from explosions, mine cave-ins and floods.

(Additional reporting by Terril Yue Jones; Editing by Ron Popeski)

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Comment by KM on May 29, 2013 at 2:59pm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2332616/Suspected-gas-explo...

Suspected gas explosion destroys terrace house and damages adjoining properties

  • One man taken to hospital suffering from minor injuries in Tinsley, Sheffield
  • Police say the gas explosion is the 'likely cause'

By Rob Cooper

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A terraced home has been destroyed and two neighbouring properties have been badly damaged following a suspected gas explosion.

Emergency services were at the scene in Tinsley, Sheffield, this morning following the blast.

One man has been taken to hospital with minor injuries but no one is believed to have been seriously hurt.

Wreckage: The burns this morning after the explosion completely destroyed the home in Sheffield

Wreckage: The burns this morning after the explosion completely destroyed the home in Sheffield

Dramatic pictures show the £50,000 mid-terraced property has fallen down completely following the blast.

Police cordoned off a number of surrounding roads following the blast this morning as the emergency services worked at the scene.

A spokesman for South Yorkshire Police said: 'Officers at the scene are waiting for the area to be made safe to enable them to progress the investigation, but initial reports suggest that a gas explosion is the likely cause.

'One property has been destroyed, and significant damage caused to the adjoining properties. Residents have been evacuated, and at this stage no serious injuries have been reported.

'One man was taken to hospital with suspected minor injuries.'

The spokesman added that all residents had been accounted for.

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Tweeted: '150m cordon is in place at the Tinsley explosion & neighbouring properties have been evacuated. A house has been destroyed & 2 badly damaged.'

Probe: Police have not been able to examine the wreckage but said that the explosion is thought to have been caused by a gas explosion
Comment by Kojima on May 27, 2013 at 4:48am

Pipeline explosion halts gas supplies to southern China: Xinhua [The Times of India; 26 May 2013]

BEIJING: A section of a cross-country gas pipeline in China exploded on Sunday, injuring at least two people and halting gas supplies, local media said.

The second west-east natural gas pipeline, which transports gas from central Asia to south China, exploded in an industrial zone in China's southeastern province of Jiangxi, state news agency Xinhua said.

The pipeline has a capacity to transport 30 billion cubic metres of gas a year.

Energy released from the explosion knocked over people hundreds of metres away, Xinhua said, without detailing the length of the exploded pipeline. The government is investigating the cause of the explosion, the agency said.

China, the world's largest energy consumer, has two cross-country gas pipelines that carry gas imports across the nation. It is building a third.

The government wants to secure around 30 percent of China's natural gas consumption from imports, up from just 6 percent in 2007.

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