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]

The great explosions of Iraq's oil fields has started.

 

What sequence of events will occur up until the severe 270° roll occurs we will hold in abeyance, in order to best discombobulate the establishment. They are still clinging to the notion that they will commandeer all the oil fields of the world, guarded by the US Military, black gold to be used as the next commodity in the future when survivors will sell their children and their freedoms in order to stay warm. Black gold to run the war machines of the world, ensuring world domination to he who owns the oil fields. That Iraq is in tatters and all tapped oil fields will explode into fireballs and all oil tanks likewise rupture and be disbursed has not occurred to these megalomaniacs. They are still clinging to the notion that a passage might happen without the severe Earth changes we have predicted, and want their paper ownership of the world to remain intact until that notion is disproved, utterly. Beach property, the solvency of banks and nations, corporate equity and the false value placed on commodities, all to retain their worth until the shores are awash and the cities in dust. Meanwhile, they lay their plans, prepare for their families, and plot how to enslave the common man whom they assume will be taken by surprise, and therefore be vulnerable. But what is the common man expecting, and aware of? In every culture, in every country, there is some clue of the coming times in folklore and prophecy.

In every case, this leads with the worst, descriptions of the final convulsions the Earth will go through on her way to rebirth. In every case, there are signs to look for when this time draws near. In every case, there is no clear indication of the date. In this regard, ZetaTalk did not differ from what existed in folklore and prophecy, describing the hour of the shift and heralding signs and declining to name a date. We have described increasing weather swings of drought and deluge, switching about for seemingly no reason, since 1995, and these have occurred. We have described earthquakes and volcanic activity increasing on a linear basis up until the last days, with the cover-up of this increase and lack of media attention keeping pace, and this likewise has occurred. We have described problems with maintaining satellites in the months before the pole shift, and this has become apparent to the common man even with extensive backup systems sent aloft to guard against this. We have described what signs the common man should look for, in order to time his escape to safety, and described in great detail what traps to avoid and how to prepare for the Aftertime. Regardless of what sequence of events will occur between now and then, he is armed. The breaches in the sequence of events, however, are designed to disarm the establishment, who will find themselves on a level, a par, with the common man they so disdain.

http://zetatalk5.com/index/blog0607.htm

[Starr DiGiacomo]

Oil Rig Explodes in Oklahoma, No Reports of Injuries

Published September 20, 2011 

 

WATONGA, Okla. –  Authorities in Blaine County say an oil rig that exploded near Watonga and forced the evacuation of several homes caused no injuries.

Blaine County Sheriff's dispatcher C.J. Woulard said Tuesday morning that the fire was still burning -- but no injuries were reported.

County Sheriff Ricky Ainsworth told reporters that homes within a two mile radius were evacuated following the Monday night explosion about 80 miles northwest of Oklahoma City. Ainsworth did not immediately return a phone call for further comment early Tuesday.

Assistant Watonga Fire Chief Verlen Bills told The Oklahoman that the cause of the explosion was not known.

Witness Maria Slay told The Oklahoman that she heard four or five explosions and said workers are at the drilling rig around the clock.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/09/20/oil-rig-explodes-in-oklahoma-n...

[Starr DiGiacomo]

Dead, missing in South Rumaila station blast

Excess gas is flared at the Rumaila oil field in Basra, as workers look on. (ATEF HASSAN/Reuters)

By Ali Abu Iraq, Ben Lando and Staff of Iraq Oil Report
Published September 20, 2011

 

There was at least one explosion at a degassing station in Iraq's power-horse Rumaila oil field near the Kuwaiti border when a pipeline was set ablaze during maintenance, and shutting in at least part of field's production.

The station belongs to the state-run South Gas Co., but will affect the output of the Rumaila oil field, operated by BP and the China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) in a development deal signed with the state-run South Oil Co. in late 2009.

http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/dead-missing-in...

[Starr DiGiacomo]

Update: Gas leak caused Northeast El Paso house fire that injured three

Posted: 09/17/2011 04:24:02 PM MDT

  

A gas leak caused a fire Friday that displaced a Northeast El Paso family and injured three people, officials said.

On Saturday, fire investigators said a gas leak caused the Northeast home at 10700 Coral Sands, to explode into flames on Friday. The gas leak was located inside a closet in the garage.

The fire started after a gas line left open at the valve in the furnace/water heater closet and spread to the living room and a second floor.

A disabled woman, her teenage son and his girlfriend were inside the home during the fire.

After hearing the explosion, a neighbor rushed inside the home and removed the handicap woman from the home. The teenagers were able to leave the house on their own.

Two of the victims were taken to William Beaumont Medical Center and the other was taken to the University Medical Center.

All three suffered from second- and third-degree burns and smoke inhalation. They were later air lifted to the Lubbock Burn Center.

Officials said 46 firefighters responded to the fire Friday night and were able to contain it within 40 minutes.

The Red Cross of El Paso assisted the fire department.

http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_18913209?source=most_emailed

[Starr DiGiacomo]

Officials say railcar explosion no threat to residents

Posted: September 16, 2011 - 4:25pm

  

Michael Norris / Amarillo Globe-News

An explosion and fire in the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway yard in the 1700 block of Johnson Street prompted precautionary evacuations and road closures into downtown Friday morning, Sept. 16, 2011.

 

A fire that erupted in a railcar near downtown Amarillo does not pose a threat to the public, officials said.

About 11:27 a.m. fire and police crews responded to an explosion and fire at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway yard in the 1700 block of Johnson Street that quickly escalated to a hazardous materials situation. 

Black smoke was visible in the downtown area with flames reaching up to 300 feet, Police Chief Robert Taylor said.

The fire caused the evacuation of about a fourth of a mile or four blocks away from the scene in each direction and some roads were closed leading into downtown, Taylor said.

Authorities said they believe the fire began in a railcar carrying Isopentane, a flammable gas that reacts with the air, but they do not know the exact cause.

Authorities don’t know how many rail cars were affected or what they were holding. 

Two BNSF employees were taken to the hospital for minor injuries and one was treated on scene and released.

An Environmental Protection Agency coordinator and the the Texas Commission on Environmental Quaity will lead an investigation with BNSF.

http://amarillo.com/news/local-news/2011-09-16/officials-say-railca...

[Starr DiGiacomo]

Housing NSW's statement on fatal gas explosion

15 Sep, 2011 04:51 PM

Housing NSW has issued a statement about the gas explosion at one of its properties which claimed the life of a 34-year-old woman.

A 45-year-old man also was airlifted to a Sydney hospital with burns over 42 per cent of his body..

The statement from Housing NSW read in full:

"Housing NSW extends its condolences to the victims of the overnight incident in Forster.

The property in Little Street, Forster, is owned by Housing NSW and had been managed by Community Housing Limited (CHL) for a number of years.

Housing NSW plans to sell the property and the tenants had been relocated. There was only one remaining tenant in the complex and she was not injured in the incident and Housing NSW is arranging temporary accommodation prior to finalising her relocation.

All the windows of the vacant units on the ground floor had been boarded up and the doors screwed shut to deter squatters. The stairwells to the upstairs units had also been boarded to prevent access to those units.

Staff from CHL had been on site late last week. At that time the boarding was intact and there was no sign of squatters.

Housing NSW is assisting police with their enquiries."

http://www.greatlakesadvocate.com.au/news/local/news/general/housin...

[Starr DiGiacomo]

Police Evacuate Apartment Building After Explosion

Toxic Gas Shuts Down Traffic in Midtown

• 2:50am

Palo Alto police and firefighters responded to a small explosion in a Palo Alto apartment complex Tuesday night. The building was evacuated and traffic was halted in the surrounding area due to toxic gas, police said.

A resident of the building in the 2700 block of Midtown Court reported the explosion and subsequent noxious odor in a 911 call at 7:20 p.m.
The Palo Alto Fire Department located the source of the odor in a pool supply area beneath a stairwell. Firefighters found a five-gallon bucket containing a chlorine-based substance that was violently "off gassing," police said.

The substance was removed from the building and firefighters were able to stop the hazardous fumes. Residents were allowed to return to their apartments at around 9:30 p.m.

Seven residents and one Palo Alto firefighter were evaluated for exposure to the substance and were treated on the scene. The Red Cross assisted one family that was unable to return to their residence.

Firefighters stored the substance for further evaluation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Investigators do not yet know if the explosion was accidental or intentional.

http://paloalto.patch.com/articles/police-evacuate-apartment-buildi...

[Starr DiGiacomo]

3-alarm fire at Mumford propane plant; worker injured in explosion

 

6:07 PM, Sep. 13, 2011

Firefighters are continuing to battle a three-alarm blaze at the Burnwell gas company in Mumford, and at least one male employee who was inside the building was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital with burns to his face and arms and possibly most of his body.

Mumford Fire Chief Mike Burnside has declared the fire under control, but said firefighters are still battling flames coming from a 1,000-gallon tank. He said he expects the operation to last well into the night. He estimated it would be at least three hours before hazardous materials crews could come in to assess any environmental damage.

 The extent of the man’s injuries are unclear due to conflicting reports, said State Police Lt. Doug Montijo.

One report indicated he had burns to 90 percent of his body, but another report was less severe, he said.

Keith Wrisley, vice president of operations for Superior Plus Energy Services Inc., said the employee's injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

The man, whose name has not been released, was lucid and awake when he was discovered at the scene, Montijo said.

The fire at the propane plant at 1104 Main St. in the hamlet of Mumford started about 3 p.m., and nearby homes and businesses were evacuated as traffic was shut down in all directions.

The state Department of Transportation at 5:15 p.m. shut down Route 36 in both directions between George Street and Caledonia High School until further notice.

The American Red Cross is on the scene providing food and water to the firefighters, EMTs and other responders, said spokeswoman Erin Caldwell. She said the Red Cross is prepared to set up a shelter if residents who were evacuated are not allowed back home tonight.

Several explosions have occurred and at one point firefighters were ordered to back up to outside 1,000 feet of the fire for fear of additional explosions. Several large propane tanks remained intact this afternoon, and firefighters were dousing them with water to keep them from igniting, Montijo said.

It’s unclear what caused the fire or which structures are ablaze, officials said.

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20110913/NEWS01/1109130...|head

[Starr DiGiacomo]

Pipeline explosion in Kenya kills at least 75 people, injures more than 100

Updated: Monday, September 12th 2011, 12:09 PM

Dai Kurokawa/EPA

The area was packed with people when the explosion erupted, tearing through rows of flimsily-constructed houses.

A massive fireball tore through a slum in Kenya's capital after a leaking gas pipeline exploded Monday, killing at least 75 people and injuring 100 more, officials said.

Flames shot out hundreds of feet from the ruptured fuel line, incinerating an entire neighborhood and its residents.

Charred bodies floated in a nearby river and blackened bones laid near the site.

"I've lost count of the number of bodies," said Wilfred Mbithi, the cop in charge of operations in Nairobi. "Many had dived into the river to put out their flames."

Pockets of fire continued to burn among the smoldering wreckage of crumpled corrugated shacks.

Resident Joseph Mwangi, 34, said many of his neighbors had gone to gather leaking fuel from the pipe when an mammoth explosion ripped through the area around 9 a.m.

As he spoke, Mwangi discovered the charred remains of two small children in the burnt wreckage of his home.

"Those were my children," he said, collapsing to the ground.

When Michael Muriuki found his daughter's smoldering body, he struggled to speak.

"Her name was Josephine Muriuki. She was five," he managed to say.

The area was packed with people when the explosion erupted, tearing through rows of flimsily-constructed houses.

At least 112 burn victims have been brought to the Kenyatta National Hospital, including many young children, officials said.

"This is a terrible accident," said Prime Minister Raila Odinga, as he visited the wounded.

He said the government would pay for all medical care and would launch an investigation into the Kenya Pipeline Company to determine the cause of the leak.

www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2011/09/12/2011-09-12_pipeline_explo...

[Starr DiGiacomo]

Underground blast shocks drivers in downtown St. John's

ST. JOHN'S — After leaving his office in downtown St. John's, Norm Dimmell was driving along Water Street Wednesday evening and stopped at the intersection with Ayre's Cove. What happened next was a shock.

"All the lights went out," he said. "As I started moving, there was a 'pop.' I turned my head and my truck was engulfed in flames.

"It was almost like there was a water balloon of fire thrown at me and it busted off the side of my truck."

Dale Foote with the St. John's Regional Fire Department later confirmed an underground Newfoundland Power generator — specifically a covering around the wiring of the generator — had exploded.

He said a "short circuit" of some kind was the cause. "Because it's surrounded in mineral oil, it exploded and, when it did, it blew the (manhole) cover and that up."

Asked how much the manhole cover might weigh, Foote estimated it to be 300 pounds.

There were no injuries reported, but the underside of Dimmell's vehicle was damaged.

Karen Ryan witnessed the blast. Like Dimmell, she also said the lights went out moments before.

"This guy in the truck was just passing over that manhole cover and then next thing this huge explosion and flames were shooting up through it and this guy was seconds from totally running over it and getting blown up. Honest to God," she said. "I called 911 and I said, 'I think you better get down here.'"

Jamie Holmes had just driven through the same intersection.

Holmes said firefighters arrived only a "few minutes" later, and closed off the intersection. Despite the rapid response, about half a dozen other vehicles passed over the opening before the area could be closed off, he said. "It was pretty scary, actually."

Due to "some kind of gas" or an "oily residue" around the area of the manhole, firefighters put foam in and around the opening.

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/national/Underground+blast+shocks+...