Explosions on the rise

[Kojima]

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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* Comment by Starr DiGiacomo

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

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

SOZT

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

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

SOZT

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

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

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

 

* Comment by Starr DiGiacomo

SOZT

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

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

 

* Comment by Starr DiGiacomo

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

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

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[Original post on January 20, 2011]

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

 

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

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.wate.com/story/24610623/three-people-injured-in-gatlinbu...

Three people injured in Gatlinburg after reported gas explosion

Posted: Feb 01, 2014 8:56 PM EST

GATLINBURG (WATE) – Three people have been injured after a reported gas explosion in Gatlinburg, according to Marci Claude, Gatlinburg's PIO.

Police received a call at 7:15 p.m. to the Tree Tops Resort.

A building suffered structural damage, but the fire has been extinguished.

UT Lifestar flew one person to the hospital, Claude said. Two others were transported by ambulance.

Claude did not release the extent of the victims' injuries. 

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://pix11.com/2014/01/29/two-hurt-after-gas-explosion-rocks-stat...

Two hurt after gas explosion rocks Staten Island home

DONGAN HILLS, Staten Island (PIX11) - Two people were injured Wednesday night after an explosion inside a Staten Island home, according to the FDNY.

Firefighters were called to the scene around 5:02 p.m. by residents reporting a gas odor.  By the time they arrived, a fire had already started in the basement.

Firefighters evacuated a three-block swath of the Todt Hill neighborhood around Overlook Ave. and Delaware St.

The cause of the explosion is unclear, Nation Grid workers are currently digging in several locations to see if it is a natural gas leak.

Both people suffered minor injuries in the explosion.

[KM]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/natural-gas-pipeline-explode...

Natural gas pipeline explodes near Otterburne, Manitoba

Emergency workers, Trans-Canada investigating cause of pipeline blast

CBC News Posted: Jan 25, 2014 6:10 AM CT Last Updated: Jan 25, 2014 7:48 AM CT

A pipeline fire in southern Manitoba was not expected to burn for long, RCMP said early this morning. (Courtesy of Kurtis Bateman)

A natural gas pipeline is on fire this morning after exploding overnight near Otterburne, south of Winnipeg.

St-Pierre-Jolys RCMP responded around 1:05 a.m. to what they're calling a "loud explosion."

"I was out for a dog walk and saw a huge fire ball-like burst of light to my south, and knowing that there's a gas relay station at the north end of Ile des Chênes, that seems the most likely candidate," said area resident John Sadoway.

"It lit up the whole sky here for half an hour. The sky's still glowing, actually," said another resident, who only identified himself to CBC News as Tyler.

Police have confirmed the fire is coming from the pipeline, but say the burning gas is non-toxic and no injuries are reported.

The pipeline, which is owned by TransCanada PipeLines, has been temporarily shutdown according to a statement from a company spokesman. The statement also said that nearby roads have been closed, and that the company is not aware of any reports of injuries.

However, five houses within the vicinity of the fire were evacuated by RCMP and St-Pierre-Jolys Fire Department.

Police and fire officials, along with TransCanada Pipeline, are investigating the cause of the explosion.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=281779&playlistId=1.1655567&...

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.newsnet5.com/news/local-news/oh-summit/richfield-police-...

Richfield Police: Large fire, gas well explosion in Boston Heights

Photo: Dave Hatala/WEWS

 

 

BOSTON HEIGHTS, Ohio - Crews are at the scene of reported gas well explosion Thursday morning in Boston Heights.

Boston Heights Police dispatchers said the explosion happened around 10:15 a.m. behind a several houses located near Hines Hill Road and Brandywine Road.

Witnesses tell NewsChannel5 at the scene that they heard an explosion and then saw flames shoot into the air.

Fire crews have blocked off portion of Hines Hill Road as they work to extinguish the “large fire,” according to Richfield Police.

Multiple fire departments are assisting at the scene.

Dispatchers said crews are also attempted to cut off the gas in the area. No injuries were reported and everyone has been accounted for, according to dispatchers.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.wlox.com/story/24516296/explosion-at-bio-diesel-facility...

NEW ALBANY, MS -

(WMC-TV) - The Mississippi Highway Patrol says the fire at the bio-diesel facility is still burning in New Albany. Action News 5 cameras captured the second explosion that happened at the plant Wednesday afternoon.

Carl Harlin, the plant's manager, says the company converts chicken fat to alternative fuel. Despite the explosion being heard, seen, and felt for miles, nobody was injured.

"I walked outside. I noticed every tree in my yard was glowing orange and then it hit me, I said, 'There's something going on,'" said neighbor Randy Whiteborn. "It always worried me being so close, but you never think anything like this is going to happen."

The chemicals that posed a threat are in tanks that appear to be safe.

"None of that's burning, none of those tanks were compromised," said Harlin.

Bill Mattox lives a couple of miles from the facility.

"I heard it at 5:30. It woke me up and kind of shook the house. So it was a pretty big show this morning. A lot of people around town saw it and heard it," he said.

Two of Harlin's employees were at the facility at the time of the explosion.

"He just grabbed the newer guy and said, 'Come on, let's go.' And they ran," said Harlin.

Federal and state agencies are in Union County testing the air quality. So far, there are no reported problems.

The explosion knocked out power to customers in the town of Blue Mountain, which is a few miles from the facility.

First responders were unable to fight the fire for quite some time Wednesday for fear of additional diesel tank explosions. Afterward they said it is a difficult situation because it is hard to fight burning chemicals with just water.

"The best thing we can do at this time, I just let the fire burn itself out, because we don't know which chemicals has [sic] leaked out and which has not," said Union County Emergency Management Director Curt Clayton.

The tanks with substances inside have all exploded and fire crews are waiting for everything to burn out. The explosions also led to grass fires.

The Red Cross provided help to first responders who were at the scene for about eight hours.

Also, the Red Cross provided aid after a gas line not too far from New Albany ruptured Wednesday evening.

First responders knocked on residents' doors on Old Highway 15, urging them to seek shelter at a Red Cross location at the Victory Life Center in New Albany on Denton Road.

It was not a mandatory evacuation, but as the temperature drops and the bio-diesel continues to burn the smoke will settle, which creates possible danger to people.

The New Albany school district canceled classes for Thursday due to the bio-diesel explosion.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/explosion-fire-hit-pickering-...

Explosion, fire hit Pickering waste water treatment plant

No one hurt as crews quickly extinguish fire

CBC News Posted: Jan 21, 2014 10:50 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 21, 2014 8:18 PM ET

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Pickering fire 1:57

An explosion that levelled a building at a Pickering Water Treatment plant — only blocks away from the city's Nuclear power plant— east of Toronto is being investigated by the Ontario Fire Marshal.

The explosion happened after 10 a.m. at the Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant on MacKay Road, about 40 kilometres east of Toronto.

The area around Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant on MacKay Road, about 40 kilometres east of Toronto, affected by explosion. (Google/CBC)

Images from the scene showed smoke in the sky above the plant. Firefighters were able to quickly bring the fire under control. There were no injuries.

However, given the plant’s proximity to the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, the blast had a lot of people very shaken up.

The loud explosion left Donnie MacCharles and Terry Weldanks, who work across the street from the Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant, fearing for their lives.

“We both looked back and saw a huge mushroom cloud,” Weldanks said.

“We thought it was all over for us because it was so loud and so intense,” MacCharles added.

The actual cause of the blast was likely a result of methane build up, according to Clifford Curtis,  Commissioner of Works for Durham Region.

The explosion took place inside the odour control building, where emissions are treated before being released into the air. Luckily, the building was empty.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/four-killed-as-explosions-rip-t...

Four killed as explosions rip through plants in two US state

January 21 2014

Omaha: Explosions in two US states, one at an animal feed plant in Nebraska and another at a steel plant in Oklahoma, killed at least four people and injured almost a dozen on Monday, authorities said. 
An explosion and fire flattened part of an animal feed plant in Omaha, Nebraska, killing two people and injuring at least 10 others, authorities said. 
In the Omaha incident, about 38 employees were working at the International Nutrition plant at midmorning when there was an explosion and part of the building collapsed, interim Fire Chief Bernard Kanger told a news conference. 
One body has been recovered and the other is expected to be recovered on Tuesday from the industrial accident, Kanger said. Of the 10 injured, four were in critical condition, he said. 

All employees have been accounted for, but authorities are not sure if there were any visitors in the plant, he said.

In a separate incident, two workers likely "burned to death" when a furnace exploded at about 4 pm local time (2200 GMT) at an Oklahoma steel plant, a Marshall County Sheriff's Office dispatcher said.

A third person was injured at Mid American Steel and Wire in Madill, Oklahoma, but treated for burns and released from a local hospital, said Madill Fire Department Fire Chief Keith Pruitt. 
The identities of those killed and injured were not immediately known, the officials said. 
The plant, which was established in 2004, according to its website, did not respond to requests for comment. It is about 120 miles (193 km) southeast of Oklahoma City. 
Officials said investigations into the causes of both explosions and the fire would take days, if not weeks.
In the Omaha, Nebraska incident, Forklift operator Kendrick Houston told the Omaha World-Herald newspaper he was returning to work from a break when the floor began to tremble. 
"There was this real loud crackling sound and the lights went off," Houston was quoted as saying on the paper's website. "I saw a spark and there was a big ball of flame coming from the southwest corner of the building." 
Houston said he fled the building. He then tried to go back in to find his co-workers, but heat and smoke forced him to turn back, he added. 
Nate Lewis, a production line worker, told the newspaper that the building caved in from the third floor. He also said it turned pitch black inside the plant, and that he crawled through the rubble to safety. 
About 50 Omaha firefighters battled the blaze and rescued five people from the rubble, Kanger said. 
Representatives of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) were also at the scene. 
The grain handling industry, which includes feed plants, is considered "high hazard," due partly to the risk of fires and explosions from the accumulation of combustible grain dust, according to the OSHA website. 
OSHA, along with the Office of the State Fire Marshal, was also investigating the Oklahoma blast, Pruitt said. 
Privately owned International Nutrition makes feed, vitamins and nutritional products for animals. 

Reuters

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.thanhniennews.com/index/pages/20140116-6-dead-in-vietnam...

6 dead in Vietnam coal mine explosion 

Last updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014 12:10

Rescuers at the site of a coal mine where a gas explosion killed at least 6 workers in the northern province of Quang Ninh on Jan 16 / PHOTO COURTESY OF QUANG NINH NEWSPAPER

At least six workers were killed by what appears to have been a gas explosion at a coal mine in the northern province of Quang Ninh on Thursday morning.

According to the Vietnam Coal – Mineral Industries Holding Corporation Limited, the accident happened at a coal mine run by its member Dong Vong Coal Co., Ltd in Uong Bi Town.

All six of the victims’ bodies have been retrieved.

But a fire sparked by the explosion is still blazing, the company reported, adding that rescue efforts are underway.

Initial investigations showed that the accident was caused by a gas explosion, according to authorities.

Related agencies are still investigating the cause of the accident.

Since last year, 36 coal workers have been killed by mine accidents in Vietnam, according to Lao Dong (Labor) newspaper.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/regional/artikel.php?ID=297751

Tuesday, 14 January 2014

Source: citifmonline.com

Four injured in gas explosion

About four students of the Nyaneba Health Assistant Training School in Tema are currently on admission at the Tema General Hospital after a gas explosion at the school.

The five, according to reports, were badly burnt in the explosion which happened last night.

An eyewitness who helped in taking some of the injured students to the hospital told Citi News that the timely intervention by the Ghana Fire Service helped the situation.

Narrating the incident, he noted that “I was in my house, which is adjacent to the Nursing training school when I heard a voice over there screaming help me, help me! So I quickly went for a fire extinguisher and rushed to the building.”

Meanwhile, the Ghana National Fire Service has launched investigations into the fire.

[Tracie Crespo]

Gas Line Explosion - January 10

Flames shoot as much as a hundred feet into the sky after a massive gas line break in Enka, NC. It happened just before 4 p.m. Friday on Sand Hill Road near the Jacob Holms plant. The fire lead to evacuations and power outages. The Asheville Police Department helped the Asheville Fire Department with traffic control. Sections of Sand Hill Road and Sardis Road were closed off. Asheville Fire Department says it was a 12" gas line that exploded. They also say it was the main line, which is why there was a massive fire and threat to the community. Officials were going door to door to let people know if they needed to evacuate. The evacuees were taken to Enka Baptist Church. Nearly 1,000 power outages were also reported. At around 5:50 p.m., the Asheville Fire Department confirms that the fire was put out and the gas has been shut off in the area. PSNC Energy has begun to make repairs to the damaged 12-inch natural gas line. In an effort to avoid possible loss of residential gas service, PSNC Energy urges customers in the Western Buncombe, Madison, Swain, Jackson and Haywood counties to conserve gas use during the overnight repair period.

http://www.wlos.com/shared/news/features/top-stories/stories/wlos_b...