Explosions on the rise

[Kojima]

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An oil field exploded in Basra Iraq [Iraq Oil Report ; Published September 20, 2011]; Comment by Starr DiGiacomo

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List of comment about gas explosion, in order of posted time; as of 2011-09-01

 

1) SOMERVILLE, Ohio, US; "Investigation continues in house collapse"

2) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. US; "Bakersfield resident hurt in natural gas explosion"

3) Pompton Lakes, NJ, US; "Update: Suspected gas explosion levels home in Pompton Lakes [raw video]"

4) Brantford, Ontario, Canada; "Natural gas explosion levelled Brantford house: fire marshal"

5) Warren, MI, US; "City of Warren Home Explosion Underscores Need for Natural Gas Safety"

6) Castleford, West Yorkshire, UK; "Dramatic footage shows huge gas explosion at Yorkshire home"

7) Warren Park, Harare, Zimbabwe; "2 seriously injured in Warren Park gas explosion"

8) Logan City, south of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia; "Seven children killed in gas explosion at house"

9) Herscher, IL, US; Douglasville, GA, US; "This Week In Natural Gas Leaks and Explosions – Aug. 22, 2011"

10) "Seven children killed in gas explosion at house" [See 8)]

11) Lakeview, MI, US; "Explosion inside Lakeview house causes fire, couple escapes with minor injuries"

12) Newborough, Victoria, Australia; "Gas blast destroys Newborough garage"

13) Cato, Montcalm, MI, US; "Couple escapes house explosion"

14) Glenrock, Converse, WY, US; "Oilfield explosion claims three"

15) St. Augustine, Fla, US; "Gas Station Explosion Site in St. Augustine now 'Stable'"

 

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* Comment by Starr DiGiacomo

We'll be seeing an uptick in unusual home and business gas explosions and I'm trying to locate specific ZT on the matter.  Below is a refresher for the many gas related news articles.

http://zetatalk5.com/index/blog0214.htm

SOZT

Fault lines, when adjusting, do not just rip apart one day during a dramatic earthquake. They most often creep. Laying gas lines along or across a fault line is asking for an accident of this sort. Fault lines are also seldom so clearly delineated that one can go a mile in this or that direction and avoid their action. Where a slip-slide fault such as the San Andreas will often leave a clear line on the surface, this is only the surface action, not what occurs in the rock layers on either side which can fracture for a long way to either side during any movement. The gas company, or the age of the pipes, will be faulted but in truth the finger should be pointed in many directions. The public, who insist on living at such a scenic spot, is to blame. Officials, who zoned for housing are to blame. The public utility company, for allowing gas lines in the area, is to blame. But this will change nothing, while man continues to live on the San Andreas, even as it awakens. EOZT

http://www.zetatalk5.com/ning/18sp2010.htm

SOZT

The danger from radon gas will not be increased as a result of the pole shift. Radon gas is emitted by rock containing uranium, which is degrading. In normal circumstances, where air can circulate, it is disbursed rapidly as is any methane created by decay of organic material. The danger from these gasses comes from confinement - being trapped in a mine, a basement, or beneath the permafrost. The dangers are well known. For methane, it is explosions. An accumulation of methane gas can be identified by the smell of rotten eggs, or as some have described it, dirty socks or cabbage soup. For radon gas the danger is lung cancer, from the continual exposure to the radioactive air. Radon gas is odorless, and cannot be detected except by specialized equipment not in the hands of the average person.

In that the pole shift, or the Earth changes preceding the pole shift, can fracture rock and release pockets of either gas, survivors should be cautious about huddling in bunkers. You are safer out in the open air, or in a trench you have dug that will allow the pole shift winds to pass over you, but nothing to fall on and crush you. The fact that both methane gas and radon gas can accumulate in the bunkers of the elite is one of the reasons we have stated that they have dug their own graves. EOZT

http://www.zetatalk5.com/ning/12mr2011.htm

 

* Comment by Starr DiGiacomo

SOZT

Anyone watching the news, for instance the news on the San Bruno explosion in a distribution line close to the San Andreas Fault line, knows that gas in any form is a danger. Oil and gas refineries explode when rigid piping cracks. Oil or gas wells explode when the ground around them moves. And the gas distribution lines running under cities are no exception. They likewise will explode. Gas lines, whether along the street or within a home, are rigid. In some cases automatic shutoff valves can limit the amount of gas available for an explosion by sensing a drop in pressure, but this is always after the fact. The explosion has already occurred. Utilizing gas on a planet prone to earthquakes was a mistake to begin with, but man never thinks of the consequences when striving for modern conveniences. We have advised turning off the gas at the street, though when the street explodes and your neighbor's homes are on fire you are not likely to escape the holocaust. A better alternative is to live in an area where gas is not available, as in your rural safe location where you will be doing a form of camping while gardening. A campfire at night, for cooking and washing and a bit of friendly light before bed. Nothing explosive. EOZT

http://www.zetatalk5.com/ning/02oc2010.htm

 

* Comment by Starr DiGiacomo

SOZT Answer: It is no accident that the New Madrid fault lies under the Mississippi River near Memphis, as rivers form in lowlands created when land pulls apart, separating the rock fingers and weakening support for the land. Thus, the Ohio River bed also is an indication of where rock fingers will pull apart. Two adjustments in Kentucky, a day apart, are not an accident, but an indication of the speed at which the stretch zone is starting to adjust. Rail lines are frequently an early harbinger of such adjustments, as they run long distances, whereas structures within cities, such as tall buildings, take up relatively little space and have a small footprint. Our warning that imploding cities will be experienced, before the hour of the shift, are in this regard. Be warmed, it will not just be your rail lines and gas and water mains that will shatter and be pulled apart during the stretch. The foundations of your tall buildings will likewise be vulnerable.EOZT

http://www.zetatalk5.com/newsletr/issue008.htm

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[Original post on January 20, 2011]

Original title: Gas explosion kills 1, injures 5 in Philadelphia

 

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/01/19/pennsylvania.gas.explosion/index.h...

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• The explosion occurred in Philadelphia's Tacony neighborhood
• The blast killed one utilities worker and injured five other people
• Some of the injuries are serious

(CNN) -- A gas main explosion in Philadelphia Tuesday evening killed one utilities worker and injured five other people, a fire department official said.

Philadelphia Gas Works employees were responding to a gas main break in the city's Tacony neighborhood when the explosion occurred, fire department spokesman Jim Smith said.

"They were trying to control it and found a source of ignition," according to Smith, who said four PGW employees and a firefighter were among the injured. He said some of the gas workers' injuries were serious.

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/natural-gas-explosion-philadelphia-...

http://abcnews.go.com/US/video/caught-on-tape-gas-main-explodes-126...

[KM]

https://www.rt.com/usa/326942-massive-methane-leak-relocation-calif...

Massive methane leak forces relocation of 2,500 California families

A court ordered SoCal Gas Company to provide temporary housing for thousands of Porter Ranch, Los Angeles, residents made sick from fumes from a massive gas leak. An infrared camera captured the size of the gas plume that's been leaking for two months.

The court order issued on Wednesday will come as a relief to more than 2,500 families in Porter Ranch, a northwest San Fernando Valley community, who have been waiting to be relocated by SoCal Gas since the leak began spewing methane into their homes and schools on October 23.

As of Tuesday, the company had paid for temporary housing for more than 2,000 other households, according to the Los Angeles Times. There are 30,000 residents who live in Porter Ranch, an upscale bedroom community of gated developments where the average 4,000-square-foot home is sold for $1 million.

Judge Emilie Elias directed the gas company to relocate the remaining residents within 24 to 72 hours. The court order follows a restraining order sought by the Los Angeles city attorney that would have required the company to relocate residents within 48 hours of their request, and called for a “special master” to oversee the moves.

The gas company is having increasing difficulty finding alternative housing nearby, because most of the available hotel, motel rooms and rental homes have already been snapped up by relocated Porter Ranch families.

The shortage is also sending home rental prices as high as $8,500 a month as landlords, who prefer leases of a year or longer, seek compensation for renting properties for much shorter terms than the three to four months SoCalGas said it needs to cap the damaged well.

 

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.newsfultoncounty.com/world/news/1621713-blast-at-coal-mi...

Blast at coal mine leaves 17 trapped in northeast China

December 16 2015

Accident comes just weeks after more than 20 bodies were retrieved from mine shaft in same province

Accident comes just weeks after more than 20 bodies were retrieved from mine shaft in same province

BEIJING – At least 17 people were trapped in a coal mine in China’s northeast Heilongjiang province following an explosion Wednesday.  

The accident came just weeks after more than 20 bodies were retrieved from a mine shaft in the province’s Jixi city.

State news agency Xinhua cited work safety authorities in Hegang city as saying that 50 miners had been under the shaft when the blast occurred at around 2.30 p.m. (0630GMT).

The other 33 miners are reported to have escaped to safety, and rescue efforts are ongoing.

China — the world’s biggest consumer — produces more than one-third of annual global coal output but accounts for more than two-thirds of mining deaths around the world annually, Mining Technology reported last year.

In August, 13 people were confirmed dead after a gas explosion at a coal mine in southwestern Guizhou province where five others were injured and 56 rescued.

In December last year, a gas explosion at a coal mine in northeastern Heilongjiang province left 10 miners dead, just weeks after fires at two mines left dozens of workers dead in Liaoning and southwestern Guizhou province in two days.

Lax regulation and poor operating procedures make China’s mines the deadliest in the world.

[Scott]

California Has a Huge Gas Leak, and Crews Can’t Stop It Yet
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-has-a-huge-gas-leak-and...

...Methane...has been leaking out of a natural gas storage site in southern California for nearly two months, and a fix won’t arrive until spring.

The site is leaking up to 145,000 pounds per hour, according to the California Air Resources Board. In just the first month, that’s added up to 80,000 tons, or about a quarter of the state’s ordinary methane emissions over the same period. The Federal Aviation Administration recently banned low-flying planes from flying over the site, since engines plus combustible gas equals kaboom.

Steve Bohlen, who until recently was state oil and gas supervisor, can’t remember the last time California had to deal with a gas leak this big. “I asked this question of our staff of 30 years,” says Bohlen. “This is unique in the last three or four decades. This is an unusual event, period.”

...Across the US, over 300 depleted oil fields, of which a dozen are in California, are now natural gas storage sites. “We have the largest natural gas storage system in the world,” says Chris McGill, a vice president of the American Gas Association. And the site at Aliso Canyon is one of the largest in the country, with a capacity of 86 billion cubic feet. Aliso become a natural gas storage site in the 1970s. Each summer, SoCalGas pumps natural gas into the field, and each winter, it pumps it out. The sites are basically giant underground reserves for winter heating.

On October 23, workers noticed the leak at a 40-year-old well in Aliso Canyon. Small leaks are routine, says Bohlen, and SoCalGas did what it routinely does: put fluid down the well to stop the leak and tinker with the well head. It didn’t work. The company tried it five more times, and the gas kept leaking. At this point, it was clear the leak was far from routine, and the problem was deeper underground.

...“There is no stone being left unturned to get this well closed. It’s our top priority,” says Bohlen. But even that is slow, with months of drilling to come as methane continues to billow into the air.

 

Crews from SoCalGas and outside experts work on a relief well at the Aliso Canyon facility above the Porter Ranch area of Los Angeles, on December 9, 2015.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/gas-leak-forces-evacua...

Gas leak forces evacuation of 4 Brooklyn buildings

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Thursday, December 10, 2015, 3:36 AM

Emergency services personnel evacuated four buildings on 64th St., near 11th Ave. in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, due to a gas leak late Wednesday.

A gas leak forced the evacuation of four buildings on a residential Brooklyn block Wednesday night, authorities said.

The buildings on 64th St., near 11th Ave. in Dyker Heights, were emptied as firefighters and emergency-management workers investigated.

A gas leak caused a massive East Village explosion in March at 121 Second Ave., killing two and injuring 20 others. In March 2014, an East Harlem blast killed eight people.

[KM]

https://www.rt.com/news/325235-chemical-plant-china-blast/

Blast causes massive fire at chemical plant in China, firefighters at scene (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

 

A blast has been reported at a pesticide plant in the city of Jilin, Jilin Province in northeastern China. A fire broke out following the explosion, with emergency crews now working at the scene.

At least four people were injured in the blast, CCTV reported.

Authorities have issued a warning for locals not to approach the plant, Chinese Sina news reported.

There have been no immediate reports of toxic leaks.

The incident reportedly happened around 8pm local time on Wednesday, with a large fire starting after the explosion. A video emerged online showing an orange glow lighting up the sky and emergency crews rushing to the scene.

Earlier this year, China suffered from a major blast at a warehouse storing hazardous chemicals in Tianjin, also in the country's north-east. More than 170 people were killed and nearly 800 injured in a series of explosions. Staggeringly high cyanide levels were registered in the area following the incident.

In 2005, explosions at a Jilin chemical plant caused a massive evacuation of the area. Tens of thousands of residents were forced to leave their homes. Six people were killed and dozens injured in the explosions. Following the incident, an 80-kilometer (50 miles) toxic slick appeared in the Songhua River, which for weeks flowed into the Amur River, one of the world's longest rivers.

[jorge namour]

Flames on the oil rig in the Caspian Sea: 32 victims, here the fire VIDEO

5 dicembre 2015

The fire was caused by high winds that damaged a gas pipe

http://www.meteoweb.eu/2015/12/fiamme-su-piattaforma-petrolifera-ne...

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=y&...

video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6wzjk43f6s

A fire broke out on an oil rig offshore Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea, caused by high winds that damaged a gas pipe: 32 are the victims of the accident, has made ​​him the head of a commission for the protection of workers oil sector in Azerbaijan, Mirvari Gakhramanly. Are 42 workers rescued in the night, with the difficulties resulting from the current storm.

The fire was completely extinguished.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.currentargus.com/story/news/local/new-mexico/2015/12/03/...

Major explosion in Texas gas plant

Current-Argus Staff 12:14 p.m. MST December 3, 2015

11:47 a.m.

At least five school buses are traveling to Carlsbad with people who have been evacuated. It is unknown whether any of those people are injured.

The plant is owned by Western Gas Partners and is operated by Anadarko Petroleum.

Capt. Alan Griffith with the Eddy County Sheriff's Department said that four deputies are currently helping direct traffic which is backed up for miles in both directions.

Griffith said that in addition to the 200 people evacuated from the plant, at least an additional 100 people from the area were evacuated.

Justin Baker, who was working a site near the plant when it exploded said that the explosion shook his vehicle.

"I was talking with another pumper when it happened. It shook both of our trucks,we didn't know what it was at first and as soon as we looked around we noticed the flames and smoke (and) we knew it was serious as soon as we spotted it," Baker said.

The explosion at Ramsey Plant is contained according to plant officials, but was initially a large blaze. (Photo: Courtesy Photo)

11:27 a.m.

Gas plant officials said that all gas lines into and out of the Ramsey Plant have been closed off and the fire has been isolated to one  area of the plant.

An emailed statement from Anadarko Petroleum Corporation vice President of Corporate Communications, John Christiansen, said that there have been two confirmed with minor injuries at the Ramsey Plant near Orla, Texas.

All of the 200 people at the site at the time of the fire have been accounted for and are being evacuated, Christiansen said.

Three school buses from the Carlsbad area are traveling south to assist with the evacuation.

11:11 a.m.

Evacuation of employees and people in the area of the explosion continues.

School buses have been spotted making their way toward the staging area at the state border to pickup employees and the injured.

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, owner of the plant that exploded, has not commented on the incident but a representative said they are working to gather more information about the incident.

11:00 a.m.

According to Current-Argus reporters Sarah Matott and Maddy Hayden traffic on U.S. 285 south, near Malaga and toward the Texas border is severely delayed as traffic officers clear the way for vehicles transporting evacuated employees and the injured.

Officers said that multiple people who were injured are being transported by bus to area hospitals.

All employees from the plant are being evacuated by buses according to police officers on scene.

New Mexico State Police and New Mexico Department of Transportation, as well as Eddy County Sheriff Deputies are present at the scene.

Earlier 10:30 a.m. 

Hundreds are being evacuated around a gas plant just south of the New Mexico-Texas border.

A major explosion around at about 9 a.m. caused a large fire that is still underway at the Anadarko plant, about four miles past the New Mexico/Texas border on U.S. 285.

A large fire and smoke is seen from the distance of the location of a gas explosion just past the New Mexico/Texas border. (Photo: Courtesy Photo)

Eddy County Fire Serve Coordinator Robert Brader said that there is currently a 10-mile perimeter around the site because of the threat of additional explosions.

"We have at least three with minor injuries and we are currently evacuating hundreds of others and evacuating around the area," Brader said.

http://www.oaoa.com/news/local/article_8ecba4a0-99e4-11e5-8d48-972c...

Gas plant explosion in Orla, minor injuries, Reeves County Sheriff’s Office says

Thursday, December 3, 2015 11:37 am

Chief Deputy Israel Campos with the Reeves County Sheriff’s Office said crews are working a gas plant explosion that happened Thursday morning near Orla.

Campos said it was a “major explosion” but only two injuries had been reported and both were non-life threatening.

“They have a lot of people working out there but the reports are saying that everyone else is doing alright,” Campos said.

The plant, according to Campos, is owned by Anadarko Petroleum and the cause of the explosion is not known at this time.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

Laminex factory ‘fireball’ blast leaves workers rattled

http://www.gympietimes.com.au/news/factory-fireball-blast/2858009/

A SUSPECTED sawdust explosion led to a major fire at Gympie's Laminex factory on Sunday morning.

The factory, one of the region's significant employers, was damaged but not critically, according to a response from Laminex owner, the Fletcher Building Company.

A Queensland Fire and Emergency Service spokesman said the blaze led to a marathon 13-hour operation, with "21 fire fighters on the ground at the peak."

Two nearby workers escaped injury when a large fireball erupted in a section of the factory where wood fibres are pumped into presses to make fibreboard.

A handful of employees were in the immediate vicinity of the explosion.

Two of them were within metres. Neither was injured but one was said to have been "a bit rattled."

The Gympie Times has been told workmen smelt smoke about 3.30am near the plant's G2 press.

They immediately investigated and discovered flames in one of the fibre bins. The flames were extinguished with fire extinguishers.

But the fire either re-ignited or had continued smouldering. internally.

"The next minute it just went "Boosh!" and burst into flames," one fire fighter said.

"It was very loud. It was an explosion. Coals and ash shot out the side," he said.

"We got the call about 3.45am," the QFES spokesman said. "We were on site until 4.30pm.

"The damage was quite extensive and was in amongst machinery, so it was difficult to be sure it was out.

"They say it exploded in a very large fireball.

"Five fire appliances were there, with two special appliances (a long ladder vehicle and a communication centre truck with thermal imaging equipment and rest facilities).

Although the incident was spectacular, it seems the damage was contained and the employment of an estimated 200 workers remains safe.

"As of today, our manufacturing plant is fully operational," the spokesman said yesterday. The fire had caused "no impact on our ability to make product and to service our customers.

"The affected part of the plant will be cleaned up and recommissioned as soon as possible.

"There will be a thorough investigation and until this is completed we will not speculate on the cause of the fire," he said.

[KM]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-34960883

China factory gas leak in Shandong kills 10 people

A gas leak at a stainless steel factory in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong has killed 10 people and poisoned seven others, authorities said.

Five people were immediately killed by the leak on Sunday, while another five died later in hospital, said local authorities in a post on Weibo.

Officials are investigating the cause.

China has tightened industrial safety regulations following a chemical blast in Tianjin that killed 140 people.

Local authorities named the company responsible for Sunday's leak as Zouping County Shandong Fukai Stainless Steel Company.

They added that the seven survivors were in stable condition.

The Tianjin blast in August decimated a large part of the city's port. The high-profile incident reignited nationwide concerns about industrial safety and proximity of industrial areas to residential districts.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/nov/25/panic-in-turkey-sever...

Panic in Turkey: Several injured in Ankara gas explosion

The Washington Times
Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Multiple blasts were heard in the Turkish capital of Ankara after a gas explosion took place at the city’s Ozpetek Industrial Complex, Russia Today reported, citing local media.

The blasts have caused panic in the city and police are investigating the matter.

Early reports indicate that five people have been injured in the blasts, which occurred around 12:20 p.m. local time, according to Turkish website T24.

Early reports indicated the sound of the blasts could be heard across the city, which has a population of roughly 4.5 million, prompting panic over a possible terror attack.

Police were deployed throughout the city to investigate the source of the blasts. Firefighters and medical crews have been sent to Ankara’s most populous areas, RT reported.