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

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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* Comment by Starr DiGiacomo

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

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

SOZT

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

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

SOZT

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

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

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

 

* Comment by Starr DiGiacomo

SOZT

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

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

 

* Comment by Starr DiGiacomo

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

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

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[Original post on January 20, 2011]

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

 

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

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on January 15, 2015 at 3:18am

http://www.weather.com/news/news/natural-gas-pipeline-explosion-mis...

Mississippi Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion Picked Up By Radar

By Sean Breslin
Published Jan 14 2015 10:24 AM EST
weather.com

Taken from Skycopter by Jessica Golden, this image shows a torched forest following the explosion of a natural gas pipeline. (Jessica Golden/MSNewsNow.com)

A natural gas pipeline near Jackson, Mississippi, burst into flames Wednesday morning, leaving wooded areas burned and a rare image on radar.

The blast spooked nearby residents, who saw the large, orange glow in the pre-dawn sky and began to ask about its origins on social media. Gulf South Pipeline confirmed the explosion was along a natural gas line east of the Barnett 

Comment by Ovidiu Pricopi on January 12, 2015 at 1:12pm

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/explosion-fire-shake-ohio-re...

January 11 at 6:00 am

LIMA, Ohio — No dangerous contaminants were released into the air by an explosion at an oil refinery that was felt 10 miles away and sparked a fire that burned for more than 14 hours, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency said Sunday.

Testing was done by the U.S. EPA, Allen County and Husky Energy for a variety of contaminants, including benzene, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen cyanide, hydrogen sulfide and asbestos, Ohio EPA spokeswoman Heidi Griesmer said.

The results were all “non-detect,” meaning no signs of the contaminants, Griesmer said.

The company, overseen by the Ohio EPA, will continue the contaminant monitoring this week, Griesmer said.

Damage assessment from the explosion continues, Husky Energy spokesman Mel Duvall said in an email.

The explosion at 6 a.m. Saturday triggered a fire that sent black smoke billowing into the air above the refinery. No one had to be evacuated, but nearby streets were closed for about seven hours and approximately 20 homeowners reported the explosion broke their windows.

The fire was put out at 8:25 p.m. Saturday, Griesmer said.

The explosion happened in a processing unit where crude oil is heated to begin the process of breaking it down into other products. The refinery anchors an industrial area in Lima, which is about 80 miles northwest of Columbus.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on January 10, 2015 at 4:29am

http://leadership.ng/news/400488/gas-explosion-4-feared-dead-akwa-ibom


GAS EXPLOSION: 4 Feared Dead In Akwa Ibom

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No fewer than three persons lost their lives while several others sustained various degree of burnt in a tragic gas explosion which occurred at Afaha Uqua road in Eket South West, Akwa Ibom.

The fire explosion which consumed properties worth millions of naira also burnt the bodies of the victims beyond recognition.

Eyewitnesses say that the explosion which consumed properties worth millions of naira, also did not spare other adjoining shops, including a local eatery and a photo studio.

While some people claimed that the incident emanated from a cooking fire from one of the shops, others said that it was a gas cylinder that exploded.

According to one of the eyewitness, the incident threw the entire street into a state of pandemonium as people scampered for safety.

A shop owner within the vicinity who did not want his name mentioned told our correspondent who visited the scene of the explosion that the incident came to them as a rude shock since people in the area has not witnessed such a calamity.

He said that the late arrival of the state fire service personnel was responsible for the casualty recorded.

His words ‘’it is very sad and unfortunate that such incidence should happen to us this early period of the new year as we have just come from our different villages after the Christmas and the New Year celebrations . We are totally grieved over the loss of property and lives of our colleagues who died and I am quite sure if the fire service had responded timely, maybe those who died would have been saved’’

He advised residents to be very careful in the use of gas and to be safety conscious as fire is no respecter of anyone most especially during this harmattan season.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on January 5, 2015 at 12:16am

http://jerseytribune.com/2015/01/04/underground-explosions-force-ev...

Underground explosions force evacuations in downtown Red Bank

RED BANK – Businesses along a portion of Broad Street were evacuated Sunday afternoon after multiple underground explosions, police said.

The explosions happened in two underground areas where Jersey Central Power and Light equipment is stored, police Chief Darren McConnell said. There were at least three explosions as of around 3:20 p.m.

McConnell said there was “plenty of smoke” in the area but no fire. No injuries have been reported, he said.

The roadway is shut down near St. James Church, from Monmouth Street to Reckless Place, McConnell said. Authorities have evacuated less than 20 people from area businesses and the church, he said.

Police officers and firefighters are on the scene and the utility company was on their way, McConnell said.

Small underground explosions in downtown Columbus

Posted: Jan 04, 2015 4:16 PM ESTUpdated: Jan 04, 2015 4:16 PM EST

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The fire department says issues with underground electrical vaults are suspected after small explosions were heard in downtown Columbus.

No injuries were reported after the explosions about 1 p.m. Sunday across the street from the Ohio Statehouse. Bits of blackened material were visible by a sidewalk grate afterward.

Fire department spokeswoman Battalion Chief Tracy Smith says the scene was turned over to the city's public utilities division.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on December 31, 2014 at 6:11am

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/gas-explosion-kills-1...
Gas Explosion Kills 17 in China
BEIJING — Dec 30, 2014, 11:34 PM ET
Associated Press
A gas explosion at an auto parts factory killed 17 people and injured 20 Wednesday morning in the southern city of Foshan, Chinese officials said.

District officials in Foshan said in a statement that rescue work is under way at the site of the explosion.

The Southern Metropolis Daily reported that witnesses heard three blasts at the Fuhua Engineering and Manufacturing Co. factory, and the facility's walls and ceiling were destroyed.

The blasts also damaged a nearby glass factory and other plants.

Pictures posted on the Southern Metropolis Daily's website showed panels blown off the building's structure, with people lying hurt on the ground.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on December 26, 2014 at 11:05pm

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2014/12/25/w-va-pipeline-explosion-p...

Pipeline Explosion Pushes Residents Out Of Homes On Christmas Eve

WASHINGTON COUNTY (KDKA) — About a dozen people had to spend Christmas Eve in a hotel, their car or a fire hall after a pipeline explosion in Washington County.

The pipeline originates in Marshall County, W. Va. and transports ethane to Houston, Pa. Today, the company is responsible for assessing the damage.

Neighbors say flames were so bright they light the sky orange. The explosion was also so loud, they say it rocked their homes.

“I went upstairs to change and get ready for bed. I came down and looked out the side window. There’s a big ball of fire blowing up out of that thing,” neighbor Tracy Sampson said.

Tracy Sampson lives right next to the Williams Partners L.P. Meter Station in Chartiers Township, Washington County. She says the flames continued to get worse so she called 911.

“We got ready and left. We didn’t want to be here. I was just afraid the whole place was going to blow. That’s what you think about all the time living here. It wasn’t like that when we bought it or we wouldn’t have bought it,” Sampson said.

Sampson has lived at her home for almost 16 years. She says she and her family drove around the area for hours until it was safe to return home.

A spokesperson with the company says the fire happened around 10 p.m. Williams’ Pipeline Control responded by closing the main line valve of its Ohio Valley Ethane Pipeline so it could stop producing flow to the facility.

Throughout the night, Williams personnel depressurized the facility and the fire was contained. As a precaution, emergency responders evacuated around a dozen homes in the area.

Residents were allowed to come home around 12:30 a.m. Which held Sampson back from getting her Christmas preparations done.

“I didn’t get my stuff wrapped last night. I had to get up this morning and do it. I guess it’s my fault for being a last minute kind of person, but what are you going to do,” Sampson said.

No one was injured in the explosion. The cause of the fire is unknown at this time.

Williams personnel are in the process of notifying the appropriate regulatory agencies.

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection representatives came to the site last night to assess the incident.

No estimate is currently available so far as when the facility would be returned to service.

Comment by Yvonne Lawson on December 1, 2014 at 6:39pm

Flames burst into street after underground explosion blows two manhole covers  into the air - one MILE apart - Greater Manchester UK

Locals in Oldham, Greater Manchester  report late night explosion in street

Two manhole covers were blown into  the air as flames leapt from road

Residents say fallout could have  been much worse if blast was in daytime

More than 1,000 homes temporarily  lost power as a result of the explosion

Witnesses say driver on road  'thought he was going to die' in blast

 

Two manhole covers  were blown into the air by an underground explosion which led to temporary power  cuts to over 1,000 homes.

Fire crews raced  to a street in Oldham, Greater Manchester after flames were seen coming from two  manholes around one mile apart shortly after midnight last night.

The blast, caused  by a faulty underground cable, was the latest of a series of manhole explosions  around the UK.

Locals said it was  lucky the explosion happened late on a Sunday night as the busy street would  have been full of vehicles and pedestrians  at daytime.

Retired Mavis  Lloyd, 73, said: 'I was sat watching TV and saw an orange flash through the  curtains and heard a loud bang. The TV went off and the lamps went  out.

'Just as I looked  outside a massive flash of flames came out of the manhole. The flames came about  5ft high. The manhole cover had been blown out and gone down the  road.

'A car had stopped  by the side of the road. He must have driven over the hole and it exploded as he  went over. He said when it happened he thought he was going to  die.'

More than 1,000  homes and business lost power for more than five minutes after the explosion and  electrical engineers are now on the scene.

A spokesman for  Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said crews were called to Ripponden  Road shortly after midnight, where fires were seen coming from  manholes.

The blazes were  out by the time firefighters arrived and they secured the scene for engineers  from Electricity North West.

Source http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2855811/Flames-burst-street... 

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on November 26, 2014 at 6:34pm

http://ohianews.com/gas-line-explosion-injures-5-workers-3-critically/

Gas-line explosion injures 5 workers, 3 critically

MEMPHIS, TENN. — An explosion injured five Memphis utility workers yesterday while they were working on an underground gas line, fire officials said.

The Memphis Light, Gas and Water workers, ages 34 to 44, were repairing a gas leak in a hole in the street at the time of the accident, said Memphis Fire Department Lt. Wayne Cooke.

Four workers suffered burns, three of whom were hospitalized in critical condition, Cooke said. A worker with minor burns and a worker who went into shock were treated and released from the hospital.

Memphis Light, Gas and Water spokesman Richard Thompson said the company was investigating the cause.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on November 23, 2014 at 8:14pm

http://news.asiaone.com/news/malaysia/3-killed-24-hurt-sarawak-mine...

3 killed, 24 hurt in Sarawak mine blast

3 killed, 24 hurt in Sarawak mine blast

KUCHING - A gas explosion in a coal mine in Selantik, Pantu, Sri Aman, about 130km here, killed three foreign workers and injured 24 others.

The dead were a North Korean, an Indonesian and a Myanmar national. Details of their identities were not revealed.

Sri Aman police chief DSP Mat Jusoh Mohamad said the gas fire ignited at about 450m below the tunnel's entrance at 8.45am yesterday.

"Twenty-four of the 27 workers inside the tunnel scrambled out and helped those who were injured," he said.

Most of the injured were taken to the Sri Aman Hospital, where the bodies of the three deceased were also sent for a post-mortem.

The others were taken to the Serian Hospital and the Pantu clinic. Six of the seriously injured were later brought to the Sarawak General Hospital here.

The coal mine, located about 3km from the Kuching-Sri Aman main road, began operations eight years ago.

It has 119 workers and the majority of its workers - 49 - are North Koreans.

The others are Myanmar nationals (29), Indonesians (19), Chinese nationals (15) and Bangladeshis (10).

Sri Aman Fire and Rescue Department chief Ranger Moos said the department received a call at about 11.30am and immediately sent a fire truck with seven firemen to the scene.

"According to the supervisor, the blast occurred when the workers were just about to start work," he said.

"There was an explosion when a switch for the conveyor belt was turned on," he said, adding that an extractor fan used for expelling gas out of the tunnel was not working.

Sparks from the switch or the defective fan are being looked at as the likely cause of the blast.

The mine has been closed until the department's hazardous materials (Hazmat) team arrives to determine the safety of the tunnel.

"We are also waiting for the mine engineer to give us assurance on the internal structure (of the tunnel) and whether it is safe or not for us to enter," said Moos.

"It looks like the tunnel is quite cramped. We really have no idea how it is inside but usually if there is an explosion, the structure will change," he added.

Moos said the three workers died inside the tunnel but were not killed instantly.

"They were badly burnt in their faces by the 'flash over' and could move towards the exit," he said.

"The others, some with serious injuries and some lightly injured, managed to run out."

- See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/malaysia/3-killed-24-hurt-sarawak-mine...

Comment by Mark on November 22, 2014 at 8:33am

London hotel gas blast: At least 12 hurt after gas explosion at Churchill Hyatt Regency hotel

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/london-hotel-gas-bla...

A top hotel has been evacuated after an explosion in the basement caused part of the building to collapse.

The Churchill Hyatt Regency hotel in Portman Square, central London, was evacuated following the suspected gas explosion at around 11.40pm yesterday and a number of people were being treated by paramedics.

Around 80 firefighters were on the scene, including appliances with specialist equipment to deal with collapsed buildings. The full extent of the damage is not known at this stage and all people were accounted for, a spokesman for London Fire Brigade said.

London Ambulance Service initially said 12 people were injured by the blast but later revised the figure to 12, including two men with leg wounds who were taken to nearby St Mary's Hospital.

A further three people needed hospital treatment, while nine others were checked over at the scene and given the all-clear.

One person Tweeted:  "Felt entire building shake (even on 8th floor) no power evacuated in complete darkness even fire escapes dark! Thx for iphone torch"

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