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.osadvertiser.co.uk/news/ormskirk-news/2012/01/20/liverpo...

Liverpool city centre locked down amid fears of a huge gas explosion after pipe ruptures at former Lewis’s building

Jan 20 2012

HUNDREDS of people were evacuated from streets, homes and businesses amid fears of a huge gas explosion in Liverpool city centre.

Police cordoned off roads within a 200m radius of the former Lewis’s department store after emergency services received reports of a suspected gas leak around 11.30am yesterday.

Four fire crews attended and firefighters helped police evacuate premises.

The strict safety cordon caused severe knock-on effects to public transport and the city centre came to a standstill.

Bus services were subject to delay and diversion while trains were prevented from stopping or passing through Liverpool Central station.

Around 15 Merseyrail staff stood outside Central station warding off frustrated commuters who couldn’t get into the station.

On the Northern Line, Southport, Kirkby, and Ormskirk services were starting and finishing at Moorfields, while services from Kirkby to the city centre stopped at Sandhills.

A huge part of the city centre was closed, including parts of Elliot Street, Ranelagh Street, Lime Street and Copperas Hill forcing shops to shut and traffic to be diverted.

Drivers and pedestrians were advised to avoid the area completely.

It is believed around 50 shops and businesses had to close their doors because of safety fears, among them such well-known names as Boots on Great Charlotte Street and McDonald’s, on Ranelagh Street, along with all the shops at the Liverpool Central concourse.

At Clayton Square shopping centre Clayton News, Ladbrokes and Discount UK were all closed.

Also affected was the NHS walk-in centre on Great Charlotte Street, with people advised to attend an alternative facility in Old Swan.

Police ventured into the exclusion zone to clear homes.

Jack Spencer, Josh Hallam and Abbey Catherall, all studying drama at John Moores university, were told to leave their Lime Street flat at 1.30pm.

Jack, 20, said: “We were just sitting around. I was about to go to the library.

“We saw police and thought it might be a bomb scare. We were a bit worried.

“Then they knocked on our door and told us to go.”

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2012/01/20/explosion-and-fire-at-s...

Explosion and Fire at Eagle Ford Disposal Well in Pearsall [Update]

Photo courtesy of Pearsall Volunteer Fire Department

An explosion and fire rocked an oil fracking site in South Texas last night. Three were injured.

Three people have been injured after an explosion and fire at a disposal well in Pearsall, Texas Thursday night. The site is used for disposal of fracking fluids from the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas, about 50 miles from San Antonio.* The fire burned for several hours and was put out by 9 p.m. last night. It isn’t clear yet what caused the explosion. (The Railroad Commision of Texas, which oversees drilling in the state, later released a statement explaining the explosion. You can read it below.)

Update: StateImpact Texas spoke with Pearsall Volunteer Fire Department Chief Placido Aguilar today about the fire. He said that at about 5:30 p.m. Thursday an oil tank exploded and caught fire. It took about an hour and a half to get under control once firefighters arrived. “There were four departments from around here, twelve trucks, and 33 guys that helped with the fire,” he told StateImpact Texas. He said that the fire department had to cool down three tanks holding oil so they wouldn’t reignite.

Aguilar says the site uses hydraulic fracturing to drill for oil.* “There was a well running when we got there that had to be shut down,” Aguilar said. “I know it’s producing, [because] they had three tanks full of oil. That one that exploded lost its top and was on fire.” (Update: These earlier reports appear to be wrong. The site is used for disposal of wastewater from fracking and drilling, according to the Railroad Commission of Texas. Read the statement from the Railroad Commission of Texas on the exp....)

With drilling taking off in the Eagle Ford Shale, is Aguilar concerned that his all-volunteer department will have to respond to more fires like these? “Yes, probably in the last six months we’ve had two other incidents. And they [drillers] say they’re gonna be here for a while.”

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/half-of-brisbanes-bus...

Half of Brisbane's bus fleet taken off the road after gas explosion at depot

HALF the Brisbane Transport bus fleet will not be in service today after a gas explosion at Virginia bus deport in the early hours of the morning.

A Brisbane City Council spokeswoman said all buses that run on gas would not be operating today because of the incident.

Workers at the bus depot were refilling the gas cylinders on a bus at 1.17am when the gas pod exploded, a department of Community Services spokeswoman said.

"No one was injured and while fire crews attended to contain the gas there was no fire," she said.

Two buses sustained damage in the explosion.

"As a precaution following the incident, no gas powered buses will operate today while investigations are undertaken resulting in approximately half of council's bus fleet being non operational today," the council spokeswoman said.

"Commuters can expect significant disruptions to bus services throughout the weekend and are advised to leave plenty of time ahead of their journey to account for delays or make alternative transport arrangements such as trains."

TransLink said the following high-frequency services would be operating under reduced frequency:

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/18/italy-fire-idUSL6E8CI3YX2...

UPDATE 1-Italy gas pipeline fire injures three

Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:04pm EST

(Adds injured, fire put out, company's comment)

Jan 18 (Reuters) - Three maintenance workers were injured when a powerful blast rocked a gas pipeline in northerwestern Italy, causing a fire that reached nearby houses, firefighters said on Wednesday.

The fire, now extinguished, broke out at the pipeline owned by Italy's gas grid operator Snam Rete Gas near the city of Massa Carrara.

The firefighters said a loud explosion occurred during maintenance work on the pipeline which runs from the port of La Spezia in Liguria to the central Italian city of Parma.

Snam Rete Gas said it had stopped the gas transmission at the site for security reasons. It said an alternative gas service would be provided to the affected areas.

The cause of the blast were still unknown, but Snam Rete Gas said it would help authorities investigating the accident. Three workers on the site were injured, Snam Rete Gas said.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

Indian, Frenchman missing in Bayelsa oil rig inferno

http://www.punchng.com/news/indian-frenchman-missing-in-bayelsa-oil...

January 18, 2012

Frenchman and an Indian have been declared missing after an oil rig belonging to Chevron Corporation went up in flames in the Niger Delta on Monday morning.

The Frenchman, Brumo, is said to be the Offshore Installation Manager of Chevron Nigeria Limited while the Indian, Albert, is a driller employed by FODE Drilling Company, a firm that operated the exploded rig for Chevron.

Investigations revealed that FODE has operated in the oil and gas industry for over 12 years with a large number of engineering and manpower supply projects. The company is also said to have carried out a number of offshore projects.

Our correspondent learnt that Chevron has eight host communities named KEFFES, for its projects in the area.

Our correspondent learnt that divers had intensified their search for the missing persons around the burnt rig located along Atlantic Coast of Koloama and Sagama axis in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.

However, there were being impeded by a raging inferno at the site of the explosion.

A source in a nearby oil installation explained that “a robbot diver” would be needed to cut the supply of gas to the rig.

The Chairman of the Security, Utility and Employment Committee of KEFEES, Mr. Moses Theophilus, told our correspondent that the fire had become a hindrance to the rescue operation.

He said the air had been polluted by gas emission and that fluids resulting from the explosion were spreading into rivers and farms in the area.

He said there was an urgent need for the company to begin immediate cleanup of the environment.

The State Coordinator of the Environmental Rights Action, Mr. Morris Alagoa, confirmed the fears of the communities.

He said the group was making arrangement to visit the site.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-16589977

17 January 2012 Last updated at 06:58 ET

Lincolnshire homes evacuated in gas explosion and fire

A gas explosion and fire has forced the evacuation of homes in a south Lincolnshire village.

Emergency services were called to Manor Way in Deeping St James, near Stamford, just after 19:00 GMT on Monday.

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue said a ruptured gas main caused the explosion and fire at an underground sewage pump and electrical switch station.

The area was cordoned off, but has now reopened and residents from four properties have been allowed to return.

Sarah Wilcox, from National Grid, said an investigation had begun: "We don't know at this stage whether it was a build up of sewerage gas or natural gas or something entirely unrelated, so investigations will continue today.

"Fortunately we were able to isolate the gas supply and have managed to keep most people's supplies on - we had one property we had to cut off and we are returning today to restore their supply."

[Starr DiGiacomo]

2 firemen burned in gas explosion; W. Haverstraw families back after evacuation

Verizon says contractor sparks blast with digging near West Haverstraw condos

http://www.lohud.com/article/20120117/NEWS03/301170060/2-firemen-bu...|newswell|text|News|p

UPDATE:  90 displaced families

WEST HAVERSTRAW — Two volunteer firefighters remained hospitalized Monday night with serious burns after leaking gas caused an explosion, destroying a townhouse and displacing 90 families.

The volunteer firefighters were at the front door of 52 Zarriello Lane when the explosion blew them 25 to 30 feet and turned the building into a pile of rubble.

The two seriously injured firefighters, Ken Patterson and fire instructor Jerry Knapp, were taken to Westchester Medical Center in Vallhalla following the 12:37 p.m. explosion.

The firefighters were knocking on front doors on Zarriello Lane as part of a precautionary evacuation of about 100 homes. Instead, hundreds of residents were displaced while emergency personnel worked at the scene.

As a result of the explosion and fire, hundreds of people were kept from their homes until nearly midnight, waiting for units to be declared safe and power to be restored in the Village Fairgrounds II development off Route 9W, said Gordon Wren Jr., Rockland Fire and Emergency Services coordinator.

Knapp, who lives near the development and is West Haverstraw’s emergency coordinator, suffered first- and second-degree burns to his face, West Haverstraw Mayor John Ramundo said. Patterson, who is employed by the village Department of Public Works, suffered severe burns to a leg.

Neither firefighter suffered life-threatening injuries, a staff member at Westchester Medical Center told The Journal News. Patterson is in serious condition in the trauma intensive care unit.

Monday’s explosion also injured two Orange and Rockland Utilities employees, who were not as seriously hurt. One was taken to Nyack Hospital and the other to Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, where he was remaining overnight for observation.

“They were lucky to get out of there alive,” Raymond Florida, Rockland Paramedic Services executive director, said from the fire scene. “There’s a gaping hole where the houses used to be. I’ve never seen anything like it.”

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/latest-news/people_evacuated_in...

People evacuated in Deeping St James gas explosion

Published on Tuesday 17 January 2012 08:19

AROUND 20 people were evacuated from seven homes last night (Monday) at Deeping St James following a gas explosion and fire in Manor Way.

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue say gas leaking from an underground main was ignited by an electrical switch in a sewage pumping plant – blowing the doors off the “shed-like” installation into the road and setting the plant on fire.

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue alerted police at 7.40pm and officers asked nearby families to leave their homes as a safety precaution.

Officers also guarded the scene while emergency services dealt with the incident.

A police spokesman said no one was hurt in the incident and the families were allowed to return home after the area was made safe at around 3am today.

Fire severely damaged the sewage pumping electrical switch station and four metres of fencing.

A fire crew from Market Deeping was sent to Manor Way shortly after 7pm and a further crew from Crowland was asked to assist.

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue spokesman Steve Pembroke said British Gas attended to carry out repairs.

Mr Pembroke said: “The doors of the sewage switch station were blown into the road. It probably went off with quite a loud bang.”

[Starr DiGiacomo]

Huge Gas Explosion Levels Rockland County Townhouse, Forces Evacuations

http://gothamist.com/2012/01/16/huge_gas_explosion_levels_rockland.php

(Courtesy ABC 7)

A townhouse was completely destroyed by a gas main explosion today in the Rockland County town of West Haverstraw. Officials say a road construction crew had ruptured the gas main near the property around noon. Workers immediately notified authorities, and volunteer firefighters raced to the area to begin evacuating residents. As two volunteer firefighters were knocking on the door to evacuate a house on Zarriello Lane, it exploded. LoHud.com reports that the volunteers were seriously injured.

So far it's believed that no one was inside the house. Gas from the ruptured main went into the sewerage system and seeped into many houses, and at least 100 homes have been evacuated. Power to much of the surrounding area has been cut, and besides the firefighters, two workers also suffered injuries, ABC 7 reports. We'll update as more information becomes available.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.lohud.com/article/20120116/NEWS03/301160096/Gas-leak-blo...

Gas leak blows up West Haverstraw townhouse

WEST HAVERSTRAW— Leaking gas from a ruptured line blew up a townhouse today, causing a large gas-fed blaze that turned the building into a pile of rubble and led emergency responders to evacuate more than 100 homes and call for medical helicopter to transport at least two injured West Haverstraw firefighters to the Westchester County Medical Center.

The explosion left much of West Haverstraw without electricity as utility crews turned off power to avoid the possibility of sparks setting off more gas explosions.

The firefighters were at the door of the townhouse on Zarriello Lane off Route 9W when the explosion occurred at 12:37 p.m., injuring at least two volunteers seriously and an unknown number of other volunteers.

“They knocked on the door at 52 Zarriello right before the explosion,” Orange and Rockland Utilities spokesman Michael Donovan said. “No one answered, so we assume no one was home.”

Dozens of people, including the Haverstraw police Chief Charles Miller and other responders, were kept far away from the scene, for fear of additional explosions.

Emergency personnel said they didn’t know how much gas had leaked from the sewers into other clusters of townhouses in the development after a road construction crew ruptured a gas line. Part of the development is located behind the Hi-Tor Lanes bowling alley and KFC

Miller said he didn’t know the conditions of those injured and wasn’t told about any fatalities.

Emergency personnel set up headquarters at the nearby bowling alley and prepared a landing strip for the medical helicopter at West Haverstraw Elementary School.

Rockland Emergency Services Coordinator Gordon Wren Jr. said a routine gas leak response by West Haverstraw firefighters turned into a castrophe when the house exploded. He said a gas main ruptured and the gas went into the sewerage system and seeped into the houses.

Donovan said at 12:13 p.m. the utility was told that a road construction crew hit a gas main while digging. The utility sent a crew and firefighters were told to begin evacuating the area.

O&R crews were shutting down power to the area and Haverstraw Transit Co. sent three buses to Stop&Shop.