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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
(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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http://okenergytoday.com/2017/12/natural-gas-line-explosion-in-king...
A natural gas line exploded Thursday afternoon in Kingfisher but no one was injured in the incident.
The road was damaged in the explosion that happened south of 2880 Road and 810 Road intersection. A 15-foot section of the road was damaged in the blast and authorities closed 2880 Road due to the damage.
The cause remains under investigation.
Austria gas plant burns after deadly explosion
DECEMBER 12 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42321217
A huge fire ensued - police now say a technical fault was to blame
A big blast has rocked a major natural gas hub in Austria, killing one person and injuring at least 18, police say.
A fire followed the blast which happened around 08:45 (07:45 GMT) at the Baumgarten site, just east of the capital Vienna, near the Slovak border.
On Twitter, Austrian police said the situation was under control and a technical fault had caused the blast.
The flow of Russian gas to Europe has dropped, triggering price hikes. Italy declared a state of emergency.
Baumgarten is a key hub for imported Russian gas, which is sent on to a number of European countries. The facility receives about 40bn cubic metres of gas per year.
Gas Connect said the incident should have no effect on gas deliveries to Austria but those to Italy and Croatia might be reduced.
Meanwhile, Russia's Gazprom Export company said it was working to redirect gas flows.
It said it was "doing everything possible to secure uninterrupted gas supplies" to customers in the region.
Ukraine'S Ukrtransgaz firm said that "due to the emergency situation in the EU there will be a temporary fall in the volume of natural gas transit across Ukraine in the Slovak direction".
Ukraine is a major transporter of Russian gas into the EU.
Spot prices rose sharply across Europe after the incident.
Elderly woman fights for her life after being 'crushed in bed' when 'giant fireball' gas explosion blew home next door to pieces – as pensioner is miraculously pulled alive from rubble 'with a flight of stairs on him'
The semi-detached property in Birstall, Leicester UK, was completely destroyed in the blast at 7.30 this morning
Three people have been hurt after a house was blown to pieces by an early morning gas explosion that was so fierce it also damaged six neighbouring properties.
An elderly man was dramatically pulled alive from the rubble by rescuers, while the bedroom of a house next door was ripped away by the blast, injuring the couple living there.
Neighbours reported hearing a 'supersonic bang' at around 7.30am when the semi-detached property in Leicester exploded.
Pictures from the site, in the Birstall area of the city, reveal debris strewn across the street, windows blown out and door frames hanging off their hinges. Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service said that up to 50 homes in the area had been damaged.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5166745/Gas-explosion-injur...
https://www.iheart.com/content/2017-12-10-manhole-explosions-rocks-...
December 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/KimWBZ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A...
BOSTON, MA (WBZ-AM) -- A series of manhole explosions rocked a quiet neighborhood in Brighton early Sunday morning. It happened on Lake Street around 3:00 a.m.
One resident tells WBZ NewsRadio1030 that the manhole explosions were so loud, that houses in the area shook and that the final blast was earsplitting.
He ran outside to see what was going on.
"I heard three loud booms, the last one shook the house, then looked out the window and saw black smoke pluming from one of the manholes,” the man said.
MBTA and Boston Fire crews were on at the scene all morning and say that the smoke was caused by smoldering cables inside the manholes.
The cause of the explosions is under investigation.
T service in the area was not affected.
http://www.mynbc5.com/article/police-on-scene-of-incident-at-utc-in...
Updated: 2:29 PM EST Dec 8, 2017
Four people were injured Friday afternoon after an explosion at UTC Aerospace Systems in Vergennes.
VERGENNES, Vt. —
Four people were injured Friday afternoon after an explosion at UTC Aerospace Systems in Vergennes.
A dispatcher said the incident was reported just after noon on Friday.
The plant is in the 100 block of Panton Road.
NBC5 viewers reported hearing an explosion and feeling shaking in nearby homes.
A company spokesman said there was an explosion and all employees were evacuated.
Three people were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
"Our thoughts are with those affected and we are working with emergency responders to ensure that they receive the appropriate care and relief," the spokesman said.
No additional information was released.
A Porter Medical Center spokesman confirmed that there was a fourth injured person.
That victim was transferred to UVM Medical Center for treatment.
The other three were expected to be treated at Porter and released later today.
Vermont Emergency Management spokesman Mark Bosma said there was a fire at the facility.
He said a portion of Panton Road was closed and there may be injuries.
Witnesses said they did not see smoke or fire at the buildings.
According to its website, UTC Aerospace Systems is one of the world’s largest suppliers of technologically advanced aerospace and defense products.
The Vergennes complex deals with fire protection systems and fuel measurement and management systems, among other things.
The company employs 41,000 people worldwide and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Crews investigated a fatal house explosion on April 27, 2017 in Firestone./Photo: RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post
Colorado officials who frequently trumpet the state’s rules for the oil and gas industry as the most comprehensive in the nation have not taken enforcement action eight months after a leaking underground pipeline caused a home explosion that killed two men.
Meanwhile, two more men have died as a result of two other explosions along Front Range oil and gas lines.
And at least 10 additional explosions and fires occurred at oil and gas industry facilities around Colorado since the home explosion in Firestone on April 17, according to forms filed with state regulators and reviewed by The Denver Post.
Colorado oil and gas industry regulators have responded to the Firestone disaster by proposing modifications of existing rules — to be hashed out in meetings next month — for pipelines under well pads that they call “flowlines.”
But there is no rule — and none is proposed — covering industrial accidents leading to fatalities. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, set up by lawmakers to ensure orderly extraction of oil and gas consistent with environmental protection and public safety, lacks the authority to punish companies for explosions resulting in death, agency spokesman Todd Hartman said.
Any COGCC enforcement action for other reasons against Anadarko Petroleum would have to begin “within one year of discovery of a violation,” Hartman said in a prepared response to Denver Post queries. Anadarko owned the leaking underground line blamed for the Firestone disaster.
“The COGCC’s focus is on the release of hydrocarbons into the environment, an issue that falls within the agency’s jurisdiction,” Hartman said. “COGCC continues to evaluate the underlying facts at issue, including facts that may be developed through the ongoing National Transportation Safety Board investigation in which COGCC is a participating party.”
State information officers did not respond to repeated requests to hear directly from COGCC director Matt Lepore on environmental and public health risks from fires and explosions.
NTSB investigators still are gathering information on the Firestone blast and no conclusions have been reached, NTSB spokesman Keith Holloway said. But that agency, too, lacks enforcement authority and will not take action against Anadarko, Holloway said.
The NTSB’s investigation is purely from a safety perspective,” he said. “NTSB is not a regulatory agency and does not have any enforcement authority and therefore will not levy penalties or look at the accident from a criminal perspective. I’m not exactly sure who would pose in penalties in this case.”
Local prosecutors? No Weld County agency is considering enforcement action against Anadarko in relation to the Firestone explosion, county spokeswoman Jennifer Finch said.
After the Firestone disaster, data that Colorado regulators obtained from oil and gas companies reveal 120,815 underground flowline segments within 1,000 feet of buildings. The data show 428 segments failed integrity tests. State regulators have not determined how many miles of underground lines this represents, Hartman said. Nor have maps been made to find the locations of underground lines in relation to Colorado’s growing Front Range communities.
Colorado’s population boom has led to more people moving closer to oil and gas facilities.
The oil and gas industry also is expanding, with the latest state records indicating more than 54,600 active wells statewide and quadrupled production since 2012. Much of the new oil extracted in Colorado comes from increasingly populated Weld County, north of Denver.
The Firestone blast killed brothers-in-law Mark Martinez and Joey Irwin and seriously injured Erin Martinez.
Anadarko Petroleum, company spokeswoman Jennifer Brice said, “will continue to cooperate with all agencies, including the National Transportation Safety Board and the COGCC, until all investigations are complete, while also continuing to work with regulators, elected officials and others to build upon the actions we’ve already taken to improve safety.”
The following are among at least 12 fires and explosions at oil and gas facilities after the Firestone blast:
• One Anadarko contract worker was killed and two others were injured May 25 when a tank exploded near Mead. The workers were changing “dump lines” and “one or more tanks exploded,” according to a report filed in COGCC’s database. The U.S. Occupational Health and Safety recently issued citations to Anadarko and three contractor companies for violations at the site, with penalties totaling about $70,000, OSHA area director Herb Gibson said.
• A 61-year-old man died after fire broke out Nov. 16 during work on a blocked DCP Midstream oil and gas pipeline near Galeton, east of Greeley. That man, later identified as George Cottingham of Greeley, was one of three workers injured in the fire. The COGCC did not receive a report on this incident, Hartman said, because the pipeline was a “gathering line” outside the agency’s regulatory purview.
• A worker was injured May 8 near Greeley when fumes from a Synergy Resources Corp. tank ignited. Greeley firefighters responded.
• A worker was injured June 19 in Weld County after a fire at a Great Western Operating Company well pad. The company report to COGCC said “leaking valve and fluid caught fire” and “one person was taken to the hospital.” The worker was treated and released.
• At the north edge of Brighton, a truck driver sought medical care but was not hospitalized after fleeing a fire that broke out Oct. 12 at a Great Western facility. Brighton firefighters racing to the scene asked contractors to close off gas flows from wells, according to the COGCC report. This fire was the second in a three-week period at the same site. On Sept. 20, Brighton firefighters “set unmanned ground valves to spray cool water on other process equipment as a mitigation technique to isolate the incident.”
• On Nov. 7, hydrocarbons spilled into a combustion device, causing it to catch fire at SRC Energy facilities in Weld County. Greeley firefighters responded. No injuries were reported.
• On Sept. 12, a lightning strike apparently led to an explosion at Berry Petroleum facilities in Garfield County. The blast blew a 300-barrel tank 150 yards. A Grand Valley Fire Department crew sprayed foam when they arrived to douse flames in “smoldering metal and insulation.”
• On July 30, a lightning strike caused a power failure that resulted in a fire in Cheyenne County at Citation Oil and Gas Corp facilities. The COGCC report said: “Fire was burning from the thief hatch and 2-inch vent riser. The Cheyenne Wells Fire Department responded and used foam to extinguish the fire.”
• On Sept. 11, a Platte Valley Fire District crew put out a fire at a Great Western facility in Weld County after “a leased compressor” caught on fire at a well pad. “The rental company … is scheduling a full investigation, which will include the root cause analysis,” a COGCC form said.
The Firestone explosion called into question public safety and environmental protection amid the expansion of oil and gas operations near people. Gov. John Hickenlooper said Colorado officials would do everything possible to make sure such a disaster never happens a....
One proposed rule change would require companies to cut off flowlines connected to oil and gas wells when they abandon wells. Another change would require companies to test all flowlines to make sure they are not leaking — not just high pressure lines as at present. Companies would have to report more incidents involving fires, injuries and fatalities. And the COGCC could begin to regulate the “gathering lines” that link the flowlines closest to wellheads with larger interstate pipelines that carry fuels to refineries..."
Source and full story:
PUBLISHED: December 6, 2017 Bruce Finley bfinley@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
http://www.ccenterdispatch.com/news/state/article_087362aa-c03c-5d3...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Fire officials say a gas leak turned into an explosion in a residential San Francisco neighborhood and that nearby buildings are being evacuated. No injuries have been reported.
San Francisco fire officials say the explosion at an apartment building happened Monday morning after an initial report of a gas leak.
Television images show window blinds and glass blown out from the second story of an apartment building into a street in the Bernal Heights neighborhood.
The San Francisco Fire Department says it is working with Pacific Gas and Electric Company on the gas leak.
PG&E did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5118173/Two-dead-dozens-inj...
Two people have been killed and dozens are reported injured after an explosion in a port city in China.
The blast in Ningbo knocked down buildings and left streets littered with damaged cars and debris, the government and news reports said.
The early morning explosion struck a riverfront neighbourhood at around 9am, the official Xinhua News Agency and other outlets reported.
A view of damaged buildings at the site of an explosion in Ningbo, China's eastern Zhejiang province
Rescue workers work at the site of a blast in Ningbo which has claimed the lives of two people
A rescue worker inspects the damage in the foreground as his colleagues use a ladder to climb down from a destroyed building in Ningbo
Xinhua said it occurred at a factory but a police statement said the cause was under investigation.
In a separate report, China Central Television (CCTV) did not refer to a factory, but said the force of the explosion shattered windows and punched holes in the walls of buildings as much as a kilometre away.
CCTV images showed a few flattened cars and a low-rise building with a collapsed wall.
The state broadcaster said it was not a gas explosion, without elaborating further.
CCTV said two people were killed while two others who had been injured were in serious condition.
Two people were killed and two more seriously injured, the district office announced on its social media account.
At least 30 others were taken to hospitals, according to Huanqiu.com, a website operated by the newspaper Global Times.
Sunday's blast knocked down residential buildings but they were vacant and in the process of being demolished, Huanqiu.com said.
It added there might have been people in the area collecting scrap for recycling.
Bystanders said the explosion might have been caused by a gas pipeline that was damaged during demolition work, but the Ningbo gas company said it had no lines in the area, the newspaper China Youth Daily reported on its website.
Photos on News.163.com showed an injured woman being carried away on a man's back and what appeared to be the body of man lying in the debris of a wrecked building.
Video clips on multiple websites showed a white cloud of smoke rising above the explosion site and rolling across nearby buildings.
Television images showed cars twisted and mangled by the force of the explosion, a plume of grey smoke rising in the sky, and debris scattered for dozens of metres (yards) around the site of the incident.
Aerial images posted by the People's Daily on Twitter showed at least four wrecked buildings around a wasteland of concrete debris.
Rescuers wearing helmets were seen carrying injured people away from the area, while others stood over a person lying on the ground.
Pieces of concrete, wood and glass were strewn across a large area and metal gates were twisted open near windows that had been blown out of buildings.
A gas transmission line ruptured, setting off an explosion and fire around 10 p.m. Monday (Nov 20). The blast exposed about 30 feet of the 22 inch natural gas line, creating a crater 18 feet deep, according to officials.
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2017/11/20/massive-fire-in-orion-townsh...
Flames could be seen hundreds of feet in the air. Witnesses calling into the WWJ Traffic Center said they could see the flames from as far as 25 miles away. Dana Bush of Orion Township said he could feel the heat off the fire from about half a mile away.
“There’s what looks like a major gas explosion,” Bush said. “It looks like it’s from the Consumers (Energy) regulator plant at Joslyn and Brown Road. I’m here behind the Sam’s Club and I’m a half a mile away from it, the flames are probably 150-200 feet in the air. I can feel the heat from here. You can hear the noise in the background, it sounds like a jet engine.”.."
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