Earth Changes and the Pole Shift
Explosions on the rise
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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.html?iref=allsearch
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-12668634
http://abcnews.go.com/US/video/caught-on-tape-gas-main-explodes-12645405
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/309919/china-coal-mine-blast-t...
China coal mine blast traps 50: state media
A gas explosion at a coal mine in southwest China has trapped 50 miners underground, state media said Wednesday, in the latest mining disaster to hit the country.
A worker walks through a mine in Sichuan in 2009. A gas explosion at a coal mine in southwest China has trapped 50 miners underground, state media said Wednesday, in the latest mining disaster to hit the country.
The blast occurred late Wednesday afternoon in Panzhihua city in Sichuan province, the official Xinhua news agency said.
Rescue efforts were now underway, it added.
China's mines are known for being among the world's most deadly due to lax regulation, corruption and inefficiency, and accidents are common as safety is often neglected by bosses seeking quick profits.
Rapid economic growth has caused China's demand for energy, including coal, to surge. The world's second-biggest economy is the top global consumer of coal.
In April, nine miners were killed and 16 injured in a blast at a colliery in northern China's Inner Mongolia region.
Aug 29, 2012
Starr DiGiacomo
http://centurycity.patch.com/articles/gas-fireplace-leaks-triggers-...
Gas Leak Triggers Explosion in West L.A. Condo
One man is injured in thunderous explosion Monday night in condo near Barrington Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard.
Natural gas that seeped from one condominium into another caused an explosion in a two-story building in West Los Angeles, slightly injuring a man, authorities said today.
The blast happened around 10:10 p.m. Monday in a condominium in an 18- unit building at 1535 S. Granville Ave., said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Two men in a second-story unit had just finished cooking when they noticed the smell of gas in their kitchen, he said.
They were unable to locate the source of the odor, and moments later, after one of them had left the room, a "thunderous but fire-free explosion occurred behind the stove, fully toppling the appliance as well as a refrigerator nearby, and causing significant damage to walls within the kitchen and adjacent room,'' Humphrey said.
The man who was standing near the stove suffered a lacerated leg while the other was uninjured, he said. Both declined to be transported to a hospital.
Firefighters determined the leak came from a gas-fed fireplace in the unit below, Humphrey said. The gas collected in the upstairs wall space and was somehow ignited, he said.
A Southern California Gas Company representative determined the hazard had been abated, and a city Department of Building and Safety inspector deemed the affected condominium and the rest of the building safe for occupancy, Humphrey said.
Aug 29, 2012
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/breaking-news/2012/08/30/10-hurt-gas-tank...
10 hurt in gas tank explosion in Cebu
Thursday, August 30, 2012
CEBU CITY (Updated) -- Residents of Sitio Paglaum in Barangay Calamba, this city, were going about their routine on Thursday afternoon when they heard an explosion.
Seconds later, they saw flames entering their homes. Ten people were hurt after a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tank exploded in a junkshop in their neighborhood, with at least one victim in critical condition.
Six houses made of light materials were also damaged when the explosion resulted in a fire, with flames reaching houses located several meters from the junkshop.
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Central Visayas received the alarm at 2:55 p.m., shortly after three auto LPG tanks were delivered to the junk shop owned by Joel Ramos.
Of the three tanks, one exploded.
The tank exploded after the junk shop worker, Carlito Tampon, 24, tried to remove its regulator.
The tanks were confiscated by the BFP. Tampon is in critical condition as his entire body was burned during the explosion.
Nine others suffered minor burns. Six of them are children.
The victims were Christian Labiste; Bianca Rama, 8; Kimberly Labistre, 4; Mico Temblor, 7; Angel Montemayor, 5; Gwendolyn Montemayor, 7; Jermalyn Labistre, 5; and Herminia Temblor, 26.
The victims were rushed to the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Hospital, but Herminia Temblor and her son Mico decided to go home after complaining that they were not entertained in the hospital.
Herminia and Mico suffered minor burns on their arms and legs, which they treated with a cream to ease the pain.
She said that she was attending to her sari-sari store when she noticed the flames coming toward them.
“We hid in the corner but the fire still caught us,” she said in Bisaya.
SFO2 Emiliano Daño said they have to investigate the incident further and see who will be held liable.
Erlinda Rama, 45, said they were just watching television when the flames reached their house. Her two granddaughters were injured.
We just heard an explosion and the next thing we knew, the flames entered the house, Rama said.
Daño said that as of Thursday, the damage was estimated to be only P1,000, but they have to assess again today, Friday, the extent of the damage.
BFP Central Visayas also has to consolidate their data and check if there were other people injured.
Ramos, the owner of the junk shop, said he was not there when the incident happened. He said his shop usually does not accept gas tanks because these pose danger to the public.
Aug 30, 2012
Starr DiGiacomo
No Tourist were injured.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g147293-i28-k5733885-Gas_explo...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - A spokesman for a beach resort in the Dominican Republic says a gas tank explosion has injured 16 kitchen workers.
Grand Paradise Bavaro spokesman Luis Lopez says five workers were hospitalized as a result of the blast. Lopez says hotel technicians are trying to determine the cause of the explosion, which occurred Sunday while the workers were getting ready to serve dinner. There was no fire but the explosion left the kitchen in ruins.
Lopez said Monday the restaurant served by that kitchen was closed at the time and no tourists were injured in the explosion.
The Grand Paradise Bavaro is on the eastern tip of the Caribbean country, part of the popular Punta Cana area.
The 1,029-room hotel is owned by Toronto, Canada-based Blue Diamond Hotels & Resorts
Sep 4, 2012
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.kiiitv.com/story/19476923/natural-gas-well-explodes-near...
Natural Gas Well Explodes Near Alice
Posted: Sep 06, 2012 5:50 PM ADT Updated: Sep 06, 2012 5:55 PM ADTThere has been what appears to be a major natural gas well explosion at around 3 p.m. near County Road 118 and U.S. 281, just outside of Alice.
The explosion has sparked grass fires in the area, which crews are fighting to get under control. Kiii News viewers Lisa R. Silva and Gary Wells sent us some video of the fire via Facebook.
Kiii News is on the scene and will have more on 3 News at 5 and 6 p.m.
Sep 6, 2012
Kojima
* A chronology of accidents in the Venezuelan oil industry during 2012
This year, more than 30 accidents have lambasted the oil industry operations [EL UNIVERSAL; Tuesday August 28, 2012]
January 04, 2012. State-owned holding Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) reported that the Fluid Catalytic Cracking unit (FCC) of refinery El Palito would be not running during five days to correct a fault in the Valves Skid System.
January 05, 2012. Oil-sector workers at refinery El Palito asserted that the Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) unit stopped due to the deficient maintenance works previously conducted.
January 07, 2012. A blast was reported in the refinery Cardón.
January 08, 2012. Electrical failures affected the operating capacity of refinery Cardón.
January 08, 2012. A preventive stopping of the naphtha reforming unit of refinery Cardón was reported by Pdvsa.
January 10, 2012. Oil-sector workers reported on failures in the distillation unit of refinery Amuay.
January 13, 2012. A deceased and nine injured people was the result of a craft sinking in Zulia state (northwest Venezuela).
January 14, 2012. Two workers died and 22 were injured after the crash of a truck into a bus that transported Pdvsa workers from Zulia state to Caracas to attend a presidential act.
January 17, 2012. A Pdvsa oil drill blasted in the Punta de Mata management (Monagas state, Venezuela's northeast), without injured or wounded people recorded.
January 21, 2012. Oil- sector workers of Paraguaná Refining Complex voiced disatisfaction with the lack of personal and industrial security.
January 21, 2012. Paraguaná refineries worked at 63% of their operating capacity.
January 22, 2012. Refinery Amuay distillation unit was reactivated.
January 26, 2012. Pdvsa asserted that Paraguaná Refining Complex worked at 79% of its total operating capacity.
January 31, 2012. A major programmed maintenance in the catalytic unit of refinery Amuay began.
February 04, 2012. A contingency plan in the Jusepín Monagas Complex (Monagas state) was activated to fix a crack in the crude oil pipeline.
February 06, 2012. An accident in refinery Cardón was recorded when a failure in the submersible pump of the plant DC-4 (atmospheric distillation) sparked a fire.
February 06, 2012. A broken oil pipeline caused water in short supply in Monagas state, as well as a crude oil spill.
February 8, 2012. Pdvsa conducted some investigations due to a blast in the welding workshop of its subsidiary company National Transportation Enterprise, in the Southeast Region; a worker died.
February 21, 2012. A failure stopped the catalytic unit of refinery Cardón.
February 22, 2012. Lack of spare parts affected operations in the refineries.
February 27, 2012. There were warnings about the deterioration of refinery El Palito (in Carabobo state). Pdvsa confirmed crude oil spill in Guanipa River in Anzoátegui state (northeast of the country).
February 02, 2012. The processing plant was stopped in refinery El Palito.
February 03, 2012. Spill of 100 oil barrels was reported. It was caused by a vessel from Bahamas that was at 1 nm from the docks of the José Cryogenic Complex.
February 09, 2012. At 8:30 p.m., a failure in the Cardón air instrument system occurred. This caused a refinery preventive stopping.
March 11, 2012.Technical failures affected refineries of Falcón and Anzoátegui states.
April 01, 2012. Three people were injured and one died due to a blast in the main station of Petrocedeño in San Diego de Cabrutica, in Anzoátegui state.
April 26, 2012. The catalytic still in the refinery Amuay was reactivated.
April 27, 2012. The catalytic cracker stopped again in Amuay.
April 28, 2012. A Pdvsa worker died and three were injured in an accident in Lake Maracaibo.
May 06, 2012. A contingency plan was activated after a crude oil spill in Anzoátegui state.
May 08, 2012. A crude oil spill occurred in Miranda town council, Anzoátegui state, where Petropiar is located.
May 10, 2012. A products pipeline break disrupted the diesel line in Monagas state.
May 23, 2012. The lubricating plant would stop for three months.
May 28, 2012. Yare oil tanker, run by Pdvsa and recently delivered by Japan, had to be attended in a Bahamas dockyard, due to a break in the hull.
June 03, 2012. A fire was recorded in the well CM-26 in Zulia State. Three people were injured and one died.
June 07, 2012. A Pdvsa truck, loaded with liquefied gas, knocked over the Main 9 (on the way to east Venezuela).
June 24, 2012. Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) unit of refinery El Palito, Carabobo state, entered its pre-startup phase on July 26, after a programmed stopping of 20 days.
June 28, 2012. Refinery Amuay came to a standstill due to a failure in the cooling system.
July 04, 2012. Petropiar heavy crude oil upgrader, run by Pdvsa and Chevron, would not operate for 46 days for the purpose of maintenance and in order to increase its processing capacity at 17% to 210,000 barrels per day.
July 26, 2012. Pdvsa confirmed a fire on July 25 in the facilities of the Petropiar heavy crude oil upgrader in Anzoátegui.
August 05, 2012. A minor fire was recorded in Cardón refinery.
August 25, 2012. A blast in refinery Amuay killed 26 people and injured 80.
Translated by Karina Salas
Sep 18, 2012
Starr DiGiacomo
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/09/26-killed-in-gas-...
26 killed in gas pipeline explosion in Mexico
MEXICO CITY -- At least 26 oil workers were killed Tuesday and several dozen injured in a huge explosion and fire along a natural gas pipeline in northeastern Mexico, officials said.
Officials with Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, the state-owned oil giant, said they were investigating the cause of the explosion, which ripped through a distribution plant, sent orange flames into the sky and forced temporary evacuations of parts of the area in Tamaulipas state, which borders Texas.
Pemex initially said 10 people were killed and 40 injured. Later, via its Twitter account, the company raised the death toll to 26. It did not update the number of wounded but said four of the dead worked for Pemex and 22 worked for contractors. It was not clear if that included foreign companies.
Pemex's vast operations in Tamaulipas, a violent state dominated by drug cartels, have suffered thefts of gas and oil and the kidnappings of numerous workers.
Sep 19, 2012
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.tempointeractive.com/hg/nasional/2012/10/04/brk,20121004...
Three Killed in Pertamina Pipeline Explosion
Thursday, 04 October, 2012 | 15:19 WIB
TEMPO Interactive, Palembang:Three were killed and dozens injured when an oil pipeline exploded at the Tempino-Plaju distribution channel in the Bayung Lencir district of South Sumatra on Wednesday.
The incident was confirmed by Robert MV, the External Relation Assistant Manager of state-owned oil and gas firm Pertamina�s South Sumatra Marketing Unit. �Three people were killed based on the first report. The victims were taken to a hospital in Jambi,� said Robert on Wednesday, October 3. Other information gathered mentioned that the explosion injured 40 others.
According to Robert, that crude oil pipeline was operated by national oil-drilling company Elnusa. However, his group is going to investigate that incident. �This pipeline was under supervision and operation of national oil-drilling company Elnusa.�
It had been reported previously that the Upstream Oil and Gas Regulator (BP Migas) urged the owner of Tempino pipeline to improve the security so that crude oil theft cases can be prevented. State-owned oil and gas firm Pertamina EP (limited) admitted to having suffered a loss of 39 thousand barrels of crude oil in May 2012 whereas in June, losses increased to more than 59 thousand barrels in one month. It was caused by the looting of crude oil at Tempino-Plaju pipeline in Jambi and South Sumatera which is increasingly concerned.
South Sumatra Regional Police Spokesperson, Police Grand Commissioner Adjutant R. Djarod Padakova confirmed that fire incident. However, he has not been able to ensure the the number of victims who died.
Oct 5, 2012
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-rt-venezuela-oilexplosionl1e8l300...
Gas well explosion injures four in Venezuela
chicagotribune.com
Gas well explosion injures four in Venezuela
Another gas explosion in Venezuela
Reuters
7:19 PM CDT, October 2, 2012
CARACAS, Oct 2 (Reuters) - An explosion at a gas well in
Venezuela injured four people on Tuesday in the latest accident
to hit the energy industry in the South American OPEC nation,
state oil company PDVSA said.
PDVSA said in a statement that the workers were stable in
hospital after the blast, which was caused by a leak at the
Petrourdaneta project in western Venezuela's Zulia state.
On Aug. 25 a gas leak caused an explosion at the country's
biggest oil refinery, Amuay, which killed 42 people, wounded
dozens more and damaged some 1,600 homes in the
area.
On Sept. 20 a lightning strike set fire to fuel storage
tanks at another refinery, El Palito, but no one was hurt.
Oct 5, 2012
Starr DiGiacomo
http://wreg.com/2012/10/05/breaking-news-storms-cause-transformer-e...
Breaking News: Storms Cause Transformer Explosion and Gas Line Fire
Posted on: 7:48 pm, October 5, 2012
(Memphis) Memphis firefighters and MLGW crews are on the scene of a transformer explosion and gas line break.
It happened near the intersection of Florida and McLemore in South Memphis.
Flames shot out of the ground after some sort of explosion at a power substation across the street.
The gas was turned off.
MLGW is still trying to figure out what cased the fire.
No one was hurt.
Oct 7, 2012
Starr DiGiacomo
Microwave oven ? stirs a gas explosion destroying a home in a Castle Rock neighborhood.
http://kdvr.com/2012/10/12/explosion-levels-house-in-castle-rock/
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — Fire crews were responding to a natural gas explosion in the Castle Rock area that leveled a house on Friday morning.
Castle Rock Fire confirmed that a house at 6942 Sulfur Lane in the Sapphire Pointe neighborhood had been completely leveled at approximately 7:15 a.m. One woman and four children sustained non-life-threatening injuries in the blast, which also damaged two other homes.
According to the Denver Police Department, the home belonged to Lt. Jimmy Martinez. The five individuals at the house at the time of the explosion were his wife Lisa, and the couple’s four adopted children, Chuna, 6, Elen, 4, Oz, 11, and Ahbie, 7.
All of the adopted children are natives of Ethiopia, with the girls having been in the U.S. for six months and the boys about a year and a half. The family has four other children who no longer live at home and another son, 16-year-old Ryan Martinez, who was spending the night at a friends house when the explosion occurred.
Witnesses told us the entire family at 6942 Sulfur Lane was able to escape before the house collapsed, with several of the children actually riding the rubble to safety from the second story down to the ground level.
All of Sulfure Lane — approximately 20 people, according to Castle Rock Fire — has been evacuated.
Homeowners across the city reported feeling the shock waves from the blast, with one woman claiming her home shook despite being five miles away. Residents in Parker, which is approximately 16 miles away, reported being able to hear the explosion.
“I’m from southern California, and I really thought it was an earthquake,” said Wendy Emmel, who lives two streets away.
Neighbors like Emmel in the immediate area reported smelling natural gas before the explosion, with one of those neighbors calling 911. After the explosion, neighbors reported seeing insulation raining down throughout the Sapphire Pointe neighborhood as fire crews began to arrive.
There was no confirmation about what caused the explosion, though police scanner traffic indicated it could have been caused by a microwave.
Oct 12, 2012
Starr DiGiacomo
5 injured in Yekaterinburg gas blast
Five people have been wounded in a natural gas explosion in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg.
The blast occurred on the first floor of a nine-story apartment block at 1:49 a.m. Moscow time. “According to preliminary data, five people have been injured,” he said, adding residents were being evacuated from the building. The blast shattered windows in a number of flats.
Rescuers, firefighters and other first responders have arrived at the scene. Investigators are establishing the circumstances behind the incident, the source said.
http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_10_15/5-injured-in-Yekaterinburg-gas-bl...
Oct 15, 2012
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.rferl.org/content/turkey-explosion-stops-iran-gas/247445...
Explosion Halts Iranian Gas Flow To Turkey, Again
October 19, 2012
Turkish energy officials have been quoted as saying that 28 Turkish solders were injured.
The incident took place late on October 18 near the town of Eleskirt, in Turkey's eastern province of Agri.
It is the latest explosion to hit gas pipelines in Turkey this month.
On October 8, Turkish authorities blamed the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) for a blast on a pipeline in Turkey's southeast that halted the Iranian gas flow to the region.
That happened four days after an unexplained explosion on another pipeline halted the flow of Azerbaijani natural gas to Turkey via the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum pipeline.
Oct 20, 2012
Starr DiGiacomo
http://en.trend.az/regions/iran/2080251.html
IRAN
Gas pipeline explodes in Iran
24 October 2012, 11:36 (GMT+05:00)
Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 24
Gas pipeline sector in Iran's Shush city exploded yesterday evening, Fars news agency reported today.
The explosion occured in country's Khuzestan province.
The governor of Mohammad Rza Amalazadeh said that there are a lot of pipelines in the area, and the reason for explosion is yet unknown. (read ZetaTalk)
He also said that experts and firefighters were dispatched to the area. According to Mehr news agency, the fire has been already extinguished.
The exploded pipeline was delivering gas to several industrial facilities in the area, such as Pars paper manufacturing plant, Kharir Khuzestan textile factory, and others.
Mehr also said that the explosion is just an incident, not a terrorist attack, citing National Iranian Gas company's mission in Khuzestan province.
Oct 24, 2012
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.uticaod.com/news/x1292882182/Underground-electrical-fire...
Last update Oct 26, 2012 @ 12:57 PM
Electrical fire, possible explosion trigger downtown power outages
National Grid employees examine a manhole at the corner of Genesee and Elizabeth streets after a reported explosion on Friday, Oct. 26, 2012.
An electrical fire and a possible underground gas explosion may have triggered a series of brief power outages throughout the downtown area late this morning.
Some electrical and phone outages occurred at about 11:50 a.m., and dispatchers received a report of a minor explosion at the corner of Elizabeth and Genesee streets almost immediately thereafter.
Utica Fire Deputy Chief John Kelley said responding emergency crews found a small fire in the electrical vault under a manhole cover on the west side of Genesee Street. A National Grid crew was in the area at the time and was called to assist.
"There's no extention to any of the buildings, no power loss....," Kelly said of the extent of the fire. "It might have caused a momentary loss of power, but it's all restored."
National Grid workers could be seen kneeling or laying near the manhole shortly after noon, and occassionally leaning into the hole with flashlights. It was not immediately clear what they were looking at or for, however.
Kelly said the crew would be cutting power to the electrical vault but that it wouldn't affect any other National Grid customers.
"We can't do anything until they kill the power ... and then it usually will extinguish itself," he said of the fire.
A portion of Genesee Street was closed in both directions while crews were on the scene.
Oct 26, 2012
KM
Gas explosion in Moscow, Russia.
http://rt.com/news/moscow-suburb-pipeline-fire-897/
A massive fire caused by a gas pipeline leak struck a Moscow suburb during the night, obliterating 17 buildings. Firemen only managed to bring the raging inferno under control three hours after it broke out.
Both gas and electricity were temporarily cut off from the Northeastern Moscow suburb of Sholkovskaya near the village of Almazovo after a gas pipe caught fire, reports RIA Novosti.
The flames of the ensuing inferno reached 10 meters in height and covered an area of approximately 600 square meters.
The fire caused significant damage to the surrounding area, destroying 17 country houses. Authorities said that no one was injured in the blaze.
The fire started at 4.50am Moscow time (00.50 GMT) and was triggered when a short-circuiting wire ignited a gas leak, according to preliminary reports.
Nov 4, 2012
Howard
Devastating Explosion in Quebec Industrial Plant Remains Unexplained (Nov 8) -
Two people have died after an explosion and fire at a plant in Sherbrooke, Que. Another 19 people were injured, some with severe burns.
The explosion, which occurred at a Neptune Technologies & Bioressources facility, caused the fire.
The two dead were found in the rubble after the blast.
The cause of the explosion is unknown, but several smaller explosions followed the initial one, which was so violent it set a local record for 911 calls, according to Gaetan Drouin, a local fire chief.
Martin Carrier, a Sherbrooke police spokesman, said more than 100 people in Sherbrooke and surrounding suburbs phoned within a minute.
"Just looking at the damage to the building you can see it was probably very violent," Drouin said.
"I was working in my garage and I heard a loud, 'Boom.' Then we were evacuated," a local resident said.
Another resident said the flames could be seen from blocks away. Neither resident wished to be identified.
The fire left the facility ruins, with the remaining walls scorched black.
The fire struck the plant's 15,000 litres of acetone reserves, causing concern about toxicity because the substance is flammable and can cause irritation if ingested.
Thick black smoke was seen coming from the plant and could be seen for miles.
"A lot of black smoke. You could see it everywhere in the city,” Carrier said.
Neptune Technologies & Bioressources produces and exports health products derived from marine life like Omega-3.
"We're in terrible shock over what's happened," Michel Chartrand, chief of operations for the company, told reporters at a press conference Thursday evening.
He added that plant officials will work with authorities to determine what caused the incident.
“We want to understand what happened,” he said.
Nov 9, 2012
KM
Mysterious explosion destroys home and fire spreads to other homes (Nov. 11)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20286188
Indianapolis explosion destroys home
A huge explosion in the US city of Indianapolis has destroyed one home and set fire to a number of others.
One person was reported dead and a number of others injured. The cause of the explosion remains unclear.
Dozens of firefighters are attending the scene, with a natural gas explosion one of the lines of inquiry.
The Indianapolis fire department said the scene resembled a war zone. Residents have been evacuated to a nearby school.
The blast took place on Field Fair Way and Towhees Drive late on Saturday.
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard attended the scene and ruled out the possibility of a plane crash.
He said the damage went on "for blocks on end."
"We're going to need some comforting in the next few days," Mr Ballard said.
Local resident Pam Brainerd told Associated Press: "I was sleeping on the sofa and all of a sudden, my upstairs windows were blowing out and my front door was falling in. My front door came off the frame. It was the largest bang I've ever heard.
"When I walked outside I saw the fire. There was a house engulfed in flames and I could see it spreading to other houses."
Capt Rita Burris of the Indianapolis fire department told AP the scene was like a war zone. "It's really messy," she said.
Television pictures showed flames shooting into the sky and thick smoke covering the area.
Nov 11, 2012
jorge namour
Gas Leaks Discovered Beneath Israel’s Seafloor
cientists have discovered beneath the seafloor in northern Israel's Haifa Bay, a vast system of vents is leaking gassy emissions into the eastern Mediterranean Sea. If disturbed, this undersea reserve could disrupt the surrounding marine environment and might even unleash greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. At the outset of their study, researchers from the University of Haifa found more than 700 pockmarks (some at least 200 feet, or 60 meters, across) in the seabed that they suspected were active gas springs. Further geophysical investigation indicated these indentations were actually connected to a 27-square-mile (72-square-kilometer) reserve on the continental shelf, which is letting some gas escape from relatively shallow depths between 121 and 367 feet (37 and 112 meters) below sea-level. the new findings suggest that gas deposits in continental shelves might be releasing more methane into the sea than previously thought, at least in the Mediterranean and possibly in other mid-latitude areas. The scientists are planning further expeditions to the springs to better understand of the type of gas seeping from this deposit and its influence on marine life near the seafloor.
http://www.ubalert.com/ku3
Nov 13, 2012
Starr DiGiacomo
Underground gas leaks baffle firefighters.
http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/update/2012-11-16/firefighters-...
12:34pm, Fri 16 Nov 2012 Teignmouth Gas ExplosionFirefighters baffled by gas explosion
Last updated Fri 16 Nov 2012Firefighters and investigators from the gas company are baffled by a fire which broke out this morning near industrial units in Teignmouth.
Roadworkers noticed flames licking out from under the Tarmac on the A381 while they were digging. Nearby businesses were evacuated and emergency services were called.
So far they haven't been able to work out what happened. There is a low pressure gas main under the road, as well as low voltage electric cables but it's possible there was simply an old pocket of gas trapped under the road surface which has now escaped.
Investigators are now digging bore holes in the road surface to try to find if there is any more gas trapped or leaking. The road will be closed for some time.
Nov 16, 2012
Chris
Several injured at Springfield MA strip club explosion.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/23/us/massachusetts-explosion/index.html...
Those in the club and nearby buildings had evacuated by the time the blast occurred at 5:25 p.m., Mayor Dominic Sarno said.
Nine of those injured were Springfield firefighters, four were gas company employees, two were police officers, two were civilians, and one was a municipal water and sewer department employee, the mayor said. Earlier, a police sergeant said more civilians were hurt and all were transported to Baystate Medical Center or Mercy Medical Center.
"Through God's mercy, we are not aware of any fatalities," Sarno said.
People as far away as South Hadley, 10 miles north, felt the blast.
Video showed that the facade of one building was shredded by the blast, while glass from blown-out windows littered streets blocks away.
Besides the leveled multistory structure that housed Club Scores -- which Sarno referred to as "ground zero" -- 12 buildings suffered significant damage, and at least a dozen others had collateral damage, Springfield fire Commissioner Joseph Conant said.
Columbia Gas spokeswoman Sheila Doiron told reporters Friday that a call about a strong gas odor came in at around 4:20 p.m.
The gas company's employees were on site in about 25 minutes, and they shut off the gas to the building soon thereafter, according to Conant. The explosion came 15 minutes later.
Overhead video from CNN affiliate WWLP showed what appeared to be police lights flashing near an otherwise calm scene until a huge burst of fire soared into the sky. That was followed by thick plumes of black smoke.
Within hours, Conant said firefighters were able to bring "the fire situation ... under control."
The officials who spoke at Friday night's news conference said they had no knowledge that any of the injuries suffered in the blast and its aftermath are life-threatening.
None of the eight patients brought into Baystate Medical Center are in critical condition, said hospital spokeswoman Jane Albert. She said hospital officials have been told they no more injured are coming.
Authorities are working to determine what caused the fire, with state authorities assisting local first responders -- including members of the city's arson and bomb unit -- at the scene. Doiron, from Columbia Gas company, said "there have been no measurable readings of natural gas at this point" that might indicate more widespread leaks.
A shelter has been set up at nearby Central High School for anyone displaced by the explosion and evacuations in the vicinity, said Sarno.
Nov 24, 2012
Howard
More on the gas explosion in Springfield, Massachusetts.
"The blast levels 2 buildings, blew out all windows in a three-block radius, and prompting emergency workers to evacuate a six-story apartment building that was buckling.
People were knocked off their feet by the blast, NBC affiliate WWLP-TV reported.
Those injured in the blast included nine firefighters, four gas company employees, two police officers, 1 water and sewage employee and two civilians.
Two hospitals treated the injured people, though none were in critical condition, officials said.
The blast was heard for miles and one of the buildings destroyed was a strip club that had just been evacuated due to a strong natural gas odor."
It looked as though there had been "a missile strike," police Sgt. John Delaney said.
"It's a miracle ... Nobody got killed," Delaney said.
Sources
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/23/15394216-blast-tied-to-n...
Nov 24, 2012
Howard
Another fatal gas explosion today - in China.
Gas Explosion at Restaurant in Northern China Kills 14 People, Injures 47 (Nov 23) -
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/explosion+restaurant+northern+Chin...
An explosion at a restaurant in northern China has killed 14 people and injured 47.
The government of Shouyang county in Shanxi province says on its official website that a gas leak caused the blast and triggered a fire Friday evening at the Xinyangyang hotpot restaurant.
The official Xinhua News Agency says six people were killed at the scene and eight others died at a hospital. Seventeen people were severely injured.
Xinhua says the explosion was so powerful that it shattered the windows of the two-story building that houses the restaurant and shops.
Hotpot dining is popular among Chinese, with diners gathering around a steaming pot in which they cook meats and vegetables.
Restaurant explosions are common in China, though a death toll this high is rare.
Nov 24, 2012
KM
http://zen-haven.com/thousands-of-natural-gas-leaks-found-in-boston/
Thousands of Natural Gas Leaks Found in Boston
Author: LiveScience Staff
Beneath the streets of Boston is an aging network of natural gas pipelines that delivers fuel to heat homes and power appliances but also threatens to feed fires and even cause explosions. Highlighting the need for repairs, a new study detected more than 3,300 natural gas leaks throughout the city.
Researchers from Boston University and Duke logged 785 road miles (1,263 kilometers) in the city, driving around in a GPS-equipped car with a device to measure methane, the chief chemical component of natural gas. The team discovered 3,356 separate natural gas leaks — some of them potentially hazardous.
“While our study was not intended to assess explosion risks, we came across six locations in Boston where gas concentrations exceeded the threshold above which explosions can occur,” Nathan Phillips, associate professor at BU, said in a statement.
The leaks were associated with old cast-iron underground pipes and were distributed evenly across all neighborhoods, regardless of socioeconomic differences, the researchers said. Their findings were detailed online this week in the journal Environmental Pollution.
Concerns about aging natural gas pipelines aren’t unique to Boston. Each year, pipeline failures cause an average of 17 deaths, 68 injuries, and $133 million in property damage across the nation, according to the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
Nov 26, 2012
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.firehouse.com/news/10838732/pipe-explodes-near-texas-nat...
Pipe Explodes Near Texas Natural Gas Plant
Corey Paul
Odessa American, Texas
Created: December 6, 2012
A pipe explosion near a natural gas plant in Goldsmith created an approximately 250-foot fireball and burned about 4 miles of natural gas Wednesday evening.
A pipe explosion near a natural gas plant in Goldsmith created an approximately 250-foot fireball and burned about 4 miles of natural gas Wednesday evening.
The explosion happened at about 6 p.m. at a pipe about 30 yards from Highway 158 near the main entranceway to DCP Goldsmith Plant, said Odessa Fire and Rescue Senior Captain Kevin Jackson, acting as battalion chief. No one was injured.
The cause of the explosion remained unclear two hours later.
The pipe was 16 inches in diameter and funneled gas at 500 psi belonging to the company West Texas Gas, Jackson said. The company is headquartered in Midland.
Responding firefighters found and contacted the gas company, which shut off supply to the pipe, Jackson said. The fire, which destroyed a nearby welding shed, burned out by about 7:30 p.m.
The blast and fire destroyed 12 to 15 utility poles and trashed the road, Jackson said.
"It looks like the moon," he said. "There are caliche and rocks all over. There are rocks in the road the size of bowling balls."
Five OFR units responded, along with West Odessa and Goldsmith volunteer firefighters. Troopers with the Texas Department of Public Safety blocked of roads nearby such as Gulf Avenue.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/06/utilities-naturalgas-fire...
Dec 6 (Reuters) - DCP Midstream said Thursday it shut its natural gas processing plant located near the West Texas Gas pipeline near Goldsmith, Texas, due to a fire and explosion on the pipeline Wednesday night.
Dec 7, 2012
Howard
Massive Gas Explosion in West Virgina Incinerates Homes, Interstate Highway (Dec 11)
http://poleshift.ning.com/profiles/blogs/massive-gas-explosion-in-w...
Dec 13, 2012
Howard
Gas Pipeline Explodes Prior to Quake on Russia's Black Sea Coast (Dec 26)
A gas pipeline explosion and mild earthquake has struck near the Russian Black Sea resort city of Sochi, the second earthquake in the area in the past three days.
On Sunday, a 5.5 magnitude earthquake was recorded 47km (29mi) southwest of Och'amch'ire, Georgia. The epicenter of the earthquake was 170.2 km (106.2 miles) off the coast of Sochi according to Earthquake Track.
The epicenter of Wednesday's earthquake, which measured 5.3 in magnitude, was roughly 20 miles east of Sunday's epicenter. Striking at 0242 local time (2242 GMT), the quake caused little or no damage to buildings.
"The Emergencies Ministry servicemen scoured through the city districts, bridges and electrical cables, there was no damage," Gogoleva said, adding that the epicentre of the quake was some 150 kilometres (93 miles) off Sochi in the Black Sea."
Shortly before the earthquake, a gas pipeline ruptured and exploded near Sochi. Gogoleva told the Moscow Times that the cause of the explosion is unknown at this time. The city's power plant switched to fuel oil to power the city's electrical grid.
Source
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/339852
Dec 27, 2012
Starr DiGiacomo
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/10-injured-in-gas-pip...
10 injured in gas pipeline explosion
TNN | Dec 30, 2012, 04.13 AM IST
SURAT: At least 10 residents, including four teenagers, sustained injuries in an explosion following a leakage in underground natural gas pipeline of Gujarat Gas Company Limited (GGCL) near Lalmiyan Masjid in Rampura on Saturday.
Official sources said fire and emergency departments received a call about a gas leakage near the municipal school at Hodi Bungalow in the morning.
Fire fighters rushed to the spot along with a team of technicians from GGCL. Within half an hour, the department received another call from Lalmiyan Masjid in Rampura regarding a huge explosion.
Pankaj Patel, chief fire officer (CFO) said, "There was a leakage in the PNG line from Hodi Bungalow to Rampura, which led to the vapour cloud explosion. The entire supply of natural gas was stopped immediately in the entire area to prevent further explosions."
Patel added, "Four victims have been admitted to SMIMER hospital while other six victims were relieved after primary treatment.
Dec 30, 2012
Kojima
Gas explosion in Rawalpindi, northern Pakistan; Jan 3rd, 4th, 2013
As many as 13 people including children and women, have suffered injuries in three different incidents during the last 24 hours due to gas explosions. Nine people including five children and two women were injured as a result of gas blasts on Wednesday in Tench Bhatta and Chaklala.
1) 7 of a family critically burnt in gas explosion
Thursday, January 03, 2013; From Print Edition
Rawalpindi
Seven members of a family, including five children, were burnt when the room of a house at Chaklala Scheme-III, blew up due to gas leakage, Wednesday morning, police sources told ‘The News’.
Rescuers of Edhi and Rescue-1122 shifted the victims to different hospitals while, fire fighting units of tehsil and district administrations, controlled the fire after hectic efforts of over one hour.
A blast in the house located in Street-34, Ali Trust at Chaklala Scheme-III, near Car Chowk on wee hours of Wednesday, was so strong that it was heard at quite some distance and locals rushed to the spot to help the victims.
The police, quoting witnesses, said that ambulances of Edhi reached the scene first and shifted two victims to hospital followed by the Rescue-1122.
The Rescue-1122 sources told ‘The News’ that the rescuers started rescue work at about 3:25 a.m. and shifted five victims — Imran, 32, son of Peer Bukhsh, Sumera, 25, wife of Imran, Mohammad Usman, 6, son of Imran, Mohammad Umer, 15, son of Mohammad Shafiq and 4-year-old Minahil daughter of Imran — to the Benazir Bhutto Hospital, where two of them were critical. While, the names of two victims, shifted to the hospital by Edhi ambulance, could not be ascertained.
The police, referring the statements of the victims, said that the family members were sleeping when an explosion took place, probably, due to gas leakage and the house caught fire. The firefighting units reached the scene and overpowered rising flames with the help of personnel and Rescue-1122 and local volunteers.
In another incident in Tench Bhatta, two people including a young girl and 10-year-old boy were critically wounded when a gas cylinder exploded in a house in Firdous Street, Rescue-1122 sources said. Both the victims identified as Salma, 20 daughter of Lal Din and her 10-year-old brother Adil were shifted to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in critical condition.
2) Five injured in Chaklala gas explosion
Friday, January 04, 2013
Rawalpindi: In another incident of gas blast, five members of a family, were injured due to an explosion in a house in Chaklala Scheme-III because of gas leakage on the wee hours of Thursday, Rescue-1122 sources said.
As many as 13 people including children and women, have suffered injuries in three different incidents during the last 24 hours due to gas explosions. Nine people including five children and two women were injured as a result of gas blasts on Wednesday in Tench Bhatta and Chaklala.
In fresh incident the room of a house located in Street-10, near Qaed-e-Azam School, Chaklala Scheme-III, exploded at about 2.30 a.m. with heavy bang following fire erupted after the blast due to gas leakage, the Rescue said adding that four members of the family — Mohammad Ali Ashraf son of Haji Mohammad Ashraf, 40, his wife Shama Ali Ashraf, 35, daughter Sadia Ali, 13, and two sons Mohammad Sanaullah, 9 and 2-year-old Mohammad Safiullah — were shifted to hospital where Mohammad Ali Ashraf was declared critical with 60% burn injuries.
Jan 4, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
Natural gas explosion in OKC
Explosion Levels Home In Southwest OKC
A natural gas explosion that leveled an Oklahoma City home is affecting an entire neighborhood with people evacuated and gas being turned off.
"Everyone knew it was an explosion," neighbor Michael Tolbert said. "We came outside and everyone was just trying to find out where it was."
Some people saw what happened.
"The roof came off the house and flipped the other way and came back down on the house," one neighbor recalled. "It was pretty crazy."
Oklahoma Natural Gad crews were canvassing the area and the Red Cross assisted people who had been evacuated.
"[We're dealing with] not being able to go home," Betty Nordquist told News 9 as she waited in the cold. "We're waiting for them to give us the all-clear."
Neighbors say are just thankful nobody was seriously injured.
"It was worse than an earthquake," Nordquist said.
Jan 4, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://times.am/?l=en&p=16788
Explosion took place on Azerbaijani gas-mine pipeline
An explosion took place on the Gazimamed-Gazakh gas-main pipeline's section in Goychay region, Azerbaijani Trend writes about this referring to the regional TV Channel Kanal S.
The explosion took place in the territory of Karrabakal village at 07:20 on Friday. According to initial report, the cause of the explosion was a gas leak.
The explosion was followed by the fire. Agdash gas-main pipelines field staff and three fire brigades arrive at the scene.
Height of flame is approximately 100 meters and can be seen from afar.
Fire has not been extinguished yet. It will be possible to start repair work after the rest gas in the pipeline burns.
http://en.trend.az/capital/energy/2107076.html
Explosion on gas main in Azerbaijan does not affect exports to Georgia
11 January 2013, 11:33 (GMT+04:00)
Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan.11 / Trend, E.Ismayilov /
An explosion on the Gazimagomed-Gazakh gas-main pipeline (western direction) has not affected gas supply to Georgia, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan told Trend on Friday.
"The explosion has not affected gas supplies to Georgia. Gas is exported in normal mode," the company said.
As the company said the explosion took place as a result of a gas leak in the section of the gas pipeline passing through Goychay region of Azerbaijan, and in order to provide consumers with gas, supply of gas was switched to an auxiliary line, and therefore no problem occurred in provision of the population with gas and in gas exports.
The explosion took place in the territory of Karrabakal village at 07:20 on Friday.
The explosion was followed by the fire. Agdash gas-main pipelines field staff and three fire brigades arrive at the scene.
Special vehicles cannot get to the scene due to the fact that the scene is on highland territory and roads are snow-covered.
Goychay city is located in the center of Azerbaijan in 255 kilometers from Baku.
Jan 11, 2013
Kojima
1) Goychay region, Azerbaijan
Comment by Starr DiGiacomo 15 hours ago
Explosion took place on Azerbaijani gas-mine pipeline
The explosion took place in the territory of Karrabakal village at 07:20 on Friday.
2) Zonguldak, Turkey
* Death toll rises to 3 in methane gas explosion in NW Turkey
Source: XINHUA | 2013-1-12 |
ANKARA, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Bodies of two more coal miners were recovered in Turkey's northwestern province of Zonguldak after a methane gas explosion took place Friday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.
The number of casualties therefore rose to three in the methane gas explosion in a coal mine in Zonguldak, according to the report.
On Monday, eight miners were killed in a blast triggered by methane gas leakage in Kozlu town of Zonguldak.
A total of 61 people were killed and 91 others injured in 80 mine accidents in Turkey in 2012.
* One Turkish coal miner dead in latest methane gas explosion
10:12, 11 January 2013 Friday
One of the injured miners was sent to Ankara for further treatment and the other is treated at intensive care unit in Zonguldak State Hospital.
World Bulletin / News Desk
One coal miner died and two others were injured in methane gas explosion in a mine in Turkey's northwestern province of Zonguldak on Friday.
At the Turkish Hard Coal Enterprises Kozlu mine in Zonguldak province, eight miners were killed in an explosion on Monday.
One of the injured miners was sent to Ankara for further treatment and the other is treated at intensive care unit in Zonguldak State Hospital.
Jan 12, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/01/24/gainesville-gas-explosion-forces...
Gainesville Gas Explosion Forces Evacuations
January 24, 2013 10:27 AM
(credit: KXII)
GAINESVILLE (CBSDFW.COM) - Emergency officials responded to a gas leak and explosion in Gainesville on Thursday morning. The incident happened at about 7:00 a.m. at a home in the 200 block of West Tennie Street.
There were no reports of injuries. Authorities have not said what caused the leak.
Police and fire crews blocked off a one-to-two block radius and evacuated homes in the area.
The American Red Cross arrived at the scene and set up a temporary shelter at Whaley United Methodist Church, located at 701 Rosedale Drive. The shelter will remain in place until the evacuation call has been lifted and utilities are restored to residents.
Jan 24, 2013
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2267728/Gas-pipe-explosion-...
Gas pipe explosion destroys entire Chinese street as it rips through upmarket residential area
By Daniel Miller
PUBLISHED: 16:29 GMT, 24 January 2013 | UPDATED: 16:29 GMT, 24 January 2013
These two workmen can hardly believe their eyes as they survey the damage after a massive gas pipe explosion destroyed an entire street in an upmarket residential area of one of China's most prosperous cities.
The stunned pair were looking at a hefty workload following a series of blasts which tore through thick layers of concrete and tarmac in the town of Beihai, in southern China's Guangxi Province.
It is not known exactly what caused the explosion which was so powerful it rocked nearby flats and left the pleasant, palm-tree tree-lined road resembling a war zone.
Behai, which means 'north of the sea' in Chinese, is a thriving port city on the north shore of the Gulf of Tonkin. Business has boomed in recent years to the extent it is predicted to be the world's fastest growing city between 2006 and 2020.
Who's going to tell the boss? Stunned workmen survey the scene after a gas pipe explosion blew up an entire street in the town of Beihai in China's Guangxi Province
Bomb site: An aerial view shows the sheer scale of the explosion which was so powerful it blew up the whole street, leaving it resembling a war zone
Jan 25, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.kypost.com/dpps/news/region_northern_kentucky/newport/cr...
Explosion destroys Newport house; 2 critically injured
Video in link.
NEWPORT, Ky. - A Northern Kentucky home was destroyed after an explosion at the residence Friday morning.
Newport fire officials say an explosion caused a large fire at the home located in the 1600 block of Waterworks Road in Newport at about 4:10 a.m. Witnesses said the explosion sounded like a “war zone.”
Officials say natural gas was fueling the fire, but the cause of the actual explosion is being investigated.
"We start out looking for if there was any smell of gas or anything they reported beforehand. If there was some type of natural gas leak in the house. But the explosion itself could've caused some type of pipe break," said Newport Fire Captain Patrick Krogman. "We start there looking at where exactly people were and what happened or what they saw when the explosion occurred."
Officials say Ida Neal and her son Dwayne Luttrell sustained critical burns in the explosion and emergency crews transported them to University of Cincinnati Medical Center for treatment. Neal suffered burns to her face and hands will be released from the hospital in the next 2-3 days.
Luttrell suffered third degree burns over 78 percent of his body and will have to remain hospitalized for the next 2-4 months for treatment. He is now on a breathing tube, officials say.
Police say Neal and her son were responsive and talking when they left the scene.
A third victim, Neal's husband Paul, sustained a compressed fracture in his back and cuts on his hand.
Newport resident, Andy Crail said he heard the explosion from his neighboring house and ran outside to see what happened.
“I sounded like a bomb went off, I didn’t know what to think,” Crail said.
Crail and other witnesses found a victim at the scene and pulled him to safety.
"It was just the first thing, the right thing to do, I guess," Crail said.
Fire officials commended neighbors for stepping up during a crisis.
"It's great. You have to be careful sometimes doing that, we've had neighbors that jumped into help and got themselves in trouble, but you know, if you can help somebody out, especially with this extreme cold -- they took one patient into the house across the street -- that's what it's all about, helping each other," Krogman said.
The house went up in flames after the explosion and one officer said the house "fell into a pit" when it exploded. The frigid temperatures have made fighting the fire more difficult. The water quickly turned into ice, creating slick conditions for the firefighters.
"We're dealing with fighting the fire, which is dealing with fighting with the heat, and those type of problems, and going to the extreme opposite, dealing with the cold and frostbite," Krogman said.
An estimated cost of damages has not yet been released.
The family had two dogs inside the home at the time of the fire that have not been located.
Neal lost her only other child, a son in his late 20s, to cancer last month.
Officials have not released any additional details about the explosion at this time.
Jan 25, 2013
Kojima
* 2 killed in gas explosion [Nigerian Tribune; Saturday, 26 January 2013]
TWO people were on Friday morning killed in a gas explosion that occurred at Nigeria Distilleries Limited, around Singer area of Sango Ota, Ogun State.
Several other workers were injured in the incident that created panic among residents of communities around Singer and Ijako.
Saturday Tribune gathered that the explosion occurred as a result of overheating from one of the boiler machines being used by the company.
Two people had, as of Friday afternoon, been confirmed dead, while many workers were injured as workers at the factory scampered for safety.
Jan 26, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/news/local/hampden/apartments-evacuated-ove...
Residents allowed back into apartments after gas main break
Updated: Monday, 28 Jan 2013, 5:21 PM EST
Published : Monday, 28 Jan 2013, 4:04 PM EST
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - Hundreds of apartment residents have been allowed to return home, after a gas main break in downtown Springfield sent them onto the streets for more than an hour.
Firefighters evacuated the apartment buildings around 104 Spring Street in downtown Springfield just before 4:00 Monday afternoon.
Dennis Leger, Aide to the Springfield Fire Commissioner, told 22News that a piece of construction equipment had stuck a gas main, causing a leak of natural gas.
Because the gas is leaked and not into any closed space, they were able to shut off the gas, check each apartment, and have people go back inside after 5:00 P.M. Only the elderly residents of St. Luke's Home on Spring Street were still not allowed to return as of 5:15.
During the evacuation, PVTA buses were brought-in to pick elderly residents up and to take them to a shelter.
Nearby residents told 22News about the frightening situation.
“The lady that lives above me was banging on my door, and she told me ‘come outside, there’s a gas leak, everybody has to go out.’ So we just came out, and we’ve been standing here since,” Spring Street resident Diana Mirayes said.
The area that has was evacuated is just a short distance away from Worthington Street, where a gas explosion the day after Thanksgiving injured several people, and destroyed three buildings.
Jan 28, 2013
Mark
FIREBALLS erupt from exploding manhole covers in Omaha
The fire caused the power to be cut to areas surrounding the area where the fire broke out.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2269859/Pictured-Incredible...
Jan 29, 2013
jorge namour
Mexico's Pemex blast blamed on a buildup of gas
February 5, 2013
(CNN) -- A deadly blast that killed at least 37 people at the headquarters of Mexico's state-run oil giant was caused by a buildup of gas in the basement, an official said Monday.
Mexican Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam told reporters that no traces of explosives were found at the scene.
"The cause is clear; it's a gas explosion," he said, adding that the gas in question is believed to be methane.
The exact source of the gas remains unclear. Investigations are ongoing, Murillo said.
Dozens killed in Mexico office blast
Office explosion rocks Mexico City
Blast rocks Pemex tower in Mexico City
At least 37 people were killed and more than 100 injured in the blast, which took place Thursday at an administrative building in the Pemex office complex in Mexico City.
Pemex is Mexico's powerful and much-criticized state oil monopoly.
Of those injured, at least 28 remained hospitalized Monday night, according to the health ministry.
Thousands of people work at the company's headquarters, which includes a 54-story building that is nearly 700 feet tall. The annex where the explosion happened is adjacent to the tower.
Employees at the annex said that the basement of the building, where the explosion originated, housed a water treatment facility, storage areas and archives. The first floor, which also was heavily damaged, is where the company's human resources team worked.
A makeshift memorial for the victims has sprung up outside the complex, where handwritten notes, flowers and candles line a fence.
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/04/world/americas/mexico-pemex-explo...
Feb 5, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.fulhamchronicle.co.uk/fulham-and-hammersmith-news/local-...
Four hurt and dozens evacuated after 'gas explosion' in Chelsea
FOUR people have been injured and 50 evacuated after a suspected gas explosion in Chelsea.
Firefighters were called to Oakley street at 4:18pm today (Monday) following an explosion at a sixth floor flat of seven storey Pier House.
A London Fire Brigade spokesman said: "Around 50 people have been evacuated from the building. Firefighters were called at 1618. Crews from Chelsea, Hammersmith and Westminster fire stations were at the scene."
A police spokesman said building work had been under way at the block when the incident happened.
Feb 5, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
February 10. 2013 7:00PM - Last modified: February 10. 2013 7:37PM
Explosions rock downtown Milwaukee
The fire and blast which tore up a city street, rocked buildings and knocked out power -- burned out underground lines.
Because the area remains unsafe, WISN12 News was not allowed below ground, but instead asked We Energies crews to shoot video to show the damage.
Utility workers had to wait until the fire was out and the air was safe before they could begin their repair work.
"There's lots of soot in the hole, and everything's covered because of the fire," We Energies crew leader Steven Szlarski said.
"They're working in confined spaces. They're working with live wires. It's complicated, dangerous work," We Energies spokeswoman Cathy Schulze said.
The investigation into the cause now begins.
"We need to know why this electrical fault occurred, and can come to the brunt of the cause so we can assure that this doesn't happen again," Schulze said.
Above ground, on the spot where the blast lifted manhole covers and sent smoke and flames upward, work continued in plain view.
But several feet below, the search for a cause and the assessment of damage goes on, out of sight.
"Up here in the corner is fiber optic, that little white wisp. And as I pan back and come over to the right, here's the other end of the fiber optic, that melted completely," Szlarski said.
The power company said it's unclear how long it may take find the source of the problems.
http://www.wisn.com/news/south-east-wisconsin/milwaukee/Underground...
Feb 14, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://praguemonitor.com/2013/02/18/man-dies-gas-explosion
Five people die in gas explosion
Five poeple were killed and eleven injured in a gas explosion that demolished a prefabricated house in the centre of Frenštát pod Radhoštěm in the early hours on Sunday. One person is still missing.
Two people suffered very serious burns. They are in a life threatening condition at the burns centre of the Teaching Hospital in Ostrava, north Moravia. A woman suffered burns on 90 percent of the body and a man has burns on 60 percent of the body.
The explosion occurred at c. 4:00 on Sunday and a fire broke out subsequently.
Rescuers had to pull down almost the whole house to have access to the place of accident. Three sniffer dogs are searching the debris.
One voluntary firefighter was also wounded, but his life is not threatened. He suffered burns and probably head and chest injuries.
Rescuers evacuated several inhabitants from surrounding houses.
The accident was most probably caused by a gas explosion on the first floor of the four-storey building, police spokesman Zbynek Tomsik said.
However, the real cause of the explosion is yet to be investigated.
Feb 18, 2013
Lynne Warbrooke
Suspected Gas explosion causes fire at Kansas City Mall
A car has crashed into a gas main in an upscale Kansas City shopping district, sparking a massive blaze that engulfed an entire block and caused multiple injuries, police said.
Seven or eight people were injured and taken to area hospitals, police Sgt Tony Sanders said Tuesday, who added that there were no reports of fatalities. Sanders said the manager of JJ's restaurant, which was destroyed in the blaze, was unable to account for three people, but it was unclear whether they were caught in the blaze or had left earlier.
Read more: http://www.3news.co.nz/Suspected-gas-explosion-causes-fire-at-Kansa...
Of a car crashed into the gas main surely there would be at least one fatality - the driver of the car? I also thought gas mains were under the floor.. makes it hard to crash into them with a vehicle surely
Source : http://www.3news.co.nz/Suspected-gas-explosion-causes-fire-at-Kansa...
Feb 20, 2013
Beva
In Alberta a gas explosion!
Crews continue to investigate what caused a gas leak that sparked a Thursday afternoon explosion in the Fort.
The brother of a Fort Saskatchewan man who died as the result of a residential explosion last Thursday said he tried in vain to get to the hospital before his brother died.
But he wasn’t able to make it in time.
Following the basement explosion, which was attributed to a gas leak, three plumbers were rushed to hospital and were deemed to be in critical condition by Occupational Health and Safety.
At around 6 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 22, 33-year-old Jason Michalycia succumbed to his injuries.
According to OHS, he had suffered burns to 95 per cent of his body.
Jason’s brother Curtis lives in Calgary, and expressed his regret over not being able to see his brother one more time over Facebook.
“My brother Jason is gone, never got to say goodbye to him. Stuck in Calgary, original flight got cancelled. R.I.P bro.”
The other two who were in the explosion, Wes and Wilford “Wilf” Michalycia, remain in hospital with burns to 80 per cent and 50 per cent of their bodies, respectively.
The pair were Jason’s cousins.
All three worked for Wil-Flo Plumbing and Heating, according to Wes and Wilford’s father, Roman Michalycia, who said they were most likely working on water and sewage lines at the time of the blast.
—With files from Sun Media
http://www.fortsaskatchewanrecord.com/2013/02/28/never-got-to-say-g...
Mar 1, 2013
Howard
Mystery Explosion Levels Quebec Motel (Mar 1)
Residents in the city of Trois-Rivieres were reeling after a violent explosion leveled the Bar-Motel Turco at noon.
An enormous cloud of smoke could be seen billowing from the smouldering spot. Some passersby say they heard two loud explosions. Bricks and other debris littered the street outside the two-storey motel at 21 Courteau St.
A man working at a garage across the street described the sound of the explosion as "phenomenal."
While several people were in the motel during the explosion, the bar - where the blast occurred - was empty.
A witness said he saw the motel-bar lift in the air due to the explosion's impact.
"Debris was falling from the sky, there were bricks, pieces of windows," the witness said.
Trois-Rivieres is located on the St. Lawrence River, between Montreal and Quebec City.
Sources
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2013/03/01/quebec-expl...
http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/canada/archives/2013/03/201303...
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/03/01/crews-on-scene-after-violen...
http://www.globalnews.ca/residents+reel+after+violent+explosion+roc...
Mar 3, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.abc4.com/content/news/slc/story/Gas-explosion-rattles-Ui...
Gas explosion rattles Uintah County
JENSEN, Utah (ABC 4 News) - A gas explosion broke windows in a quarter mile radius from Adler Hot Oil Service Company in Jensen, Utah.
It lit up the early morning sky Saturday at 12:13 a.m. "I've never seen anything like this before," said truck wash manager, Jamie Cox.
Investigators say gas fueled the blast, which destroyed eight near-by buildings and at least one home in a 600 yard radius of the explosion.
"When it turned light the devastation was unreal. It looked like you dropped an atomic bomb," said business owner Brett Woods.
Jamie Cox says the blast's shock wave rattled him awake in his Vernal home 15 miles away.
He quickly traveled Jensen. "I saw the devastation and it was heartbreaking. There was one home that was pushed about four inches off the foundation," Cox said.
No one was hurt or killed. The timing of the blast saved lives. A cafe across the street from the explosion is often filled with hungry customers.
Business owners are marveling the sheer power of the explosion as they sift through the scattered debris. "It carried insulation a quarter of a mile away so I mean the blast was large-- very very large," Cox said.
Locals tell ABC 4 this same building exploded about two years ago.
The explosion will leave hundreds without jobs.
A gas leak caused the explosion. Investigators suspect it was propane.
Mar 3, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/gas-explosion-in-china-injures-...
Gas explosion in China injures 20
Last Updated: Monday, March 04, 2013, 14:16
Beijing: More than 20 workers were injured today in a gas explosion at a construction site in an underground shopping street in northeast China's Liaoning province.
The explosion at about 9 am local time, was triggered by a gas leak from underground pipelines at a construction site in the underground shopping street in front of a shopping mall in Shenyang, capital of Liaoning, the city's publicity department said in a statement.
Some 40 workers were at the scene when the blast occurred, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Some of the seriously injured victims have been admitted to two hospitals for emergency treatment, injured workers and their relatives said.
Staff of a shopping mall located just in front of the site said that they heard "three huge bangs", and felt the "ground shaking".
Many workers came out with blood stains on their clothes, they said. The shock wave of the blast shattered windows of cars and buildings nearby.
The explosion could be felt from over a kilometre away, local residents said.
Mar 4, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/explosion-injur...
Explosion injures at least 10 at American Steel in Granite City
UPDATED at noon with conditions of workers taken to Mercy Hospital.
GRANITE CITY • At least 10 workers were injured this morning in an apparent gas explosion at the American Steel plant in Granite City, authorities said.
Granite City Assistant Fire Chief Jim Snelson said gas ignited at the plant shortly before 8 a.m. Thursday.
Three of the 10 workers were in critical condition Thursday after being flown by medical helicopters to St. Louis-area hospitals, according to hospital staff. At least one of them was burned and others may have suffered inhalation burns.
Seven of the workers were receiving treatment at Gateway Regional Medical Center in Granite City for treatment of smoke inhalation. A hospital spokeswoman said their conditions ranged from "stable to guarded." Two others were in critical condition at Mercy Hospital in Creve Coeur.
American Steel Foundries is at 1700 Walnut Street, at Niedringhaus Avenue. It is a division of Amsted Rail Co.
No one from the company was available for comment Thursday but Scott Hassall, business manager for Elecrical Workers Local 309 that represents some plant employees, said the blast was in an area where the plant produces bolsters, or heavy central frames for railroad car wheel trucks.
Hassall said he could not talk about the incident but could only explain what the line produces where it happened. He said the plant casts the bolsters and then finishes the cooled product with grinding machines. He said the accident occurred where the grinding, or finishing, takes place.
He said his members were in the plant talking with investigators, which is why he didn't yet want to discuss the accident.
The workers at the plant also are represented by the United Steel Workers, Machinists, and Pattern Makers unions.
Karl Armstrong, assistant area director for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration office in Fairview Heights, said an inspector has been dispatched to the plant to begin an investigation.
Mar 7, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2290302/Terror-massive-gas-...
Terror as massive gas explosion rips through Syrian refugee camp
Estimates suggest some 7,000 refugees are fleeing Syria every day
By Leon Watson
PUBLISHED: 12:19 EST, 8 March 2013
Mar 8, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.abc4.com/content/news/top_stories/story/Gas-explosion-ra...
Gas explosion rattles Uintah County
JENSEN, Utah (ABC 4 News) - A gas explosion broke windows in a quarter mile radius from Adler Hot Oil Service Company in Jensen, Utah.
It lit up the early morning sky Saturday at 12:13 a.m. "I've never seen anything like this before," said truck wash manager, Jamie Cox.
Investigators say gas fueled the blast, which destroyed eight near-by buildings and at least one home in a 600 yard radius of the explosion.
"When it turned light the devastation was unreal. It looked like you dropped an atomic bomb," said business owner Brett Woods.
Jamie Cox says the blast's shock wave rattled him awake in his Vernal home 15 miles away.
He quickly traveled Jensen. "I saw the devastation and it was heartbreaking. There was one home that was pushed about four inches off the foundation," Cox said.
No one was hurt or killed. The timing of the blast saved lives. A cafe across the street from the explosion is often filled with hungry customers.
Business owners are marveling the sheer power of the explosion as they sift through the scattered debris. "It carried insulation a quarter of a mile away so I mean the blast was large-- very very large," Cox said.
Locals tell ABC 4 this same building exploded about two years ago.
The explosion will leave hundreds without jobs.
A gas leak caused the explosion. Investigators suspect it was propane.
Mar 12, 2013