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://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...

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://rt.com/news/japan-chemical-factory-blast-357/

Explosion at Japanese chemical factory causes multiple causalities

Published time: January 09, 2014 07:05 
Edited time: January 09, 2014 12:56

An ambulance (C) parks at a plant of Japanese chemical company Mitsubishi Materials in Yokkaichi in Mie prefecture, central Japan on January 9, 2014 following an explosion that killed at least five people and injured a dozen more

A powerful blast has struck a chemical factory in central Japan, killing at least five and leaving 17 injured, reports local press. Japanese police say the explosion was triggered by a chemical reaction inside the plant.

The incident happened at a chemical plant owned by Mitsubishi in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture. The factory produces silicon materials for the international firm.

"There was some explosion triggered by some sort of chemical reaction during plant operations," said a police spokesman in Mie, central Japan to AFP.

Japanese Broadcaster NHK reported that at least five people had died in the blast at the Mitsubishi Materials Corp chemicals plant. The local fire department said they could not confirm any casualties, but did tell Reuters that 17 people had been injured, five of them seriously.

Maintenance of a heat exchanger used in the production of silicon products was reportedly being carried out when the blast occurred.

"Some 170 people were working at the plant," a Tokyo-based spokesman said. "Operation at the plant has been suspended. We still don't know the cause of the explosion."

Twin explosions struck a chemical plant in south-west Japan in April 2012, killing one person and injuring another two. The blasts happened at Mitsui Chemicals in Yamaguchi prefecture after workers tried to shut down part of the plant following a problem in a different sector. The massive blast, which was caught on video, damaged hundreds of homes nearby.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.necn.com/01/07/14/Manhole-explosions-reported-in-Salem-M...

Manhole explosions reported in Salem, Mass.

January 7, 2014, 5:20 pm

UPDATE (5:40 p.m.) - 300 customers are without power after manhole explosions in Salem, Mass.

(NECN) - There have been several manhole explosions reported in the city of Salem, Mass. Tuesday afternoon.

The Salem Fire Department says there were four explosions in at least two manholes on Central and Front Streets.

The fires are out now and National Grid is on scene responding and dealing with the aftermath.

There is no word on how many outages have been caused as a result.

http://www.necn.com/pages/video?PID=mLk8J_eWnDG9iSVXLaYJotXqt_wnPzct

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/06/new-york-trans...

Michael Winter, USA TODAY4:32 p.m. EST January 6, 2014

Pedestrians scatter, workers evacuate high rise near Time Life Building, but no injuries.

An underground transformer exploded and burned in Midtown Manhattan on Monday, sending pedestrians scattering and prompting the evacuation of about 1,500 people from a 26-story high rise, New York authorities said.

No injuries were reported and power was not interrupted to the area.

Black smoke billowed after the transformer blew up just after 2 p.m. ET near the Time Life Building, on West 51st street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues, according tonews reports.

Buildings were shaken by loud explosions, according to videos shot by witnesses.

The New York Fire Department reported the fire under control at 4:30 p.m.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.newson6.com/story/24374594/pipeline-explosion-causes-lar...

Pipeline Explosion Causes Large Fire Near Milfay

Posted: Jan 06, 2014 12:58 PM ESTUpdated: Jan 06, 2014 6:47 PM EST

Milfay, Oklahoma -

A natural gas pipeline explosion rocked parts of Creek County Monday morning.

The blast cut off gas to several homes and Monday evening some residents are still without service.

The explosion happened in the small town of Milfay, which is southwest of Depew.

Investigators are still working to figure out what caused the explosion.

It sparked a large fire that made one woman stop to capture the moment on camera.

Theresa McKinzie was tending to her horses near Depew when she saw a massive fireball.

She described it as shooting about 10-15 hundred feet in the air before collapsing.

"Then a few seconds following, there was a very large boom, shook everything, rattled the car everything else," McKinzie said.

McKinzie and her husband immediately called 911 and ran to the area to make sure no one was hurt.

"In this cold weather, you always worry about what people are doing to heat their homes and stuff like that and were just really worried," she said.

A ONEOK spokesperson can't say yet what caused natural gas to leak out of the pipeline and that runs from Depew to Tulsa.

McKinzie says there are gas lines all around the rural area and she was very worried about the safety of others.

Theresa McKinzie, Witness: "We also know people who go out and they tend the gas lines, so you never know who's going to be out there in a situation like this," McKinzie said. "It's a small town. Kids get out and play. Luckily it was cold enough nobody was back there."

After they realized everyone was okay, she took pictures and a cell phone video of the flames.

"We did that as we were getting ready to leave just to kind of capture it because it's not something you see every day certainly," she said.

The pipeline is in the Oklahoma Corporation Commission's jurisdiction.

It says 48 ONG customer meters are out of service because of the line explosion.

The corporation says arrangements are being made to provide natural gas to customers while repairs are being made on the line.

All gas to that line has been turned off to prevent any other fires.

The corporation commission expects all gas services to be restored before Tuesday. 

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://kstp.com/news/stories/S3269573.shtml

400-500 People Displaced after Gas Tank Explosion at Apartment Complex in Rogers

Minnesota

Updated: 01/05/2014 3:31 PM
Created: 01/05/2014 9:30 AM KSTP.com 
By: Megan Stewart

A gas tank explosion sent dozens of fireballs into the air behind an apartment building on Sunday morning in Rogers, police said.

Large fireballs were reported by residents in Rogers at 13600 S. Commerce Blvd. near Diamond Lake Road at 8:40 a.m. Sunday.

Fire Chief Brad Feist said there were no injuries and no damage to the apartments. He says the damage was confined to an outside propane generator.

Approximately 400-500 residents living at the Preserve at Commerce apartment complex were immediately evacuated.  Residents were relocated to the Hampton Inn and the Rogers 18 Theatre.

The American Red Cross, Salvation Army are helping victims displaced by the explosion.

Bill Decowski said the first fireball shook his house. Then he said they felt dozens more.

For Dillon Czanstaowski and Brian Dongoski, who live on the other side of the complex, they felt the explosion, before they saw it.

"I thought it was a car that drove into the building, it shook the whole building, it was crazy," said Dillon Czanstaowski.

"Suddenly it was just like, boom, and everything shook. It felt like somebody up on top of us in the apartment above, dropped something like a fridge or stove, hard," said Brian Dongoski.

Besides the burned canopy roof, there's not a lot of surface damage to the apartment complex; mostly just blown out windows.

"It was very scary, it's scary to think that if we would not have gotten up when we bed, all that glass, we would have been in bed, all the glass on our bed," said Laurie Peterson.

The investigation is ongoing. First responders and crews are working through subzero temperatures.

He estimated the balls shot up four to five stories in the air.

Video provided by KSTP viewer Barry Nelson.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1390833/four-dead-scores-inj...

Four dead, scores injured as 'gas' explosions rip through Sichuan shopping mall

picture link: http://english.cri.cn/11354/2013/12/27/2561s805367.htm

Four people were killed and at least 37 others were wounded when a series of powerful explosions rocked a shopping mall in downtown Luzhou city, Sichuan province, on Thursday evening, scol.com.cn reports.

The blasts, believed to have been caused by a gas leak at a restaurant, occurred at around 10.40pm at the Moer shopping centre in Jiangyang district.

The gas reportedly leaked throughout the first and second floors, which caused the ensuing fires to spread quickly.

The explosions caused the plaza’s second-floor ceiling and walls to collapse. The impact was so strong that neighbouring buildings’ windowpanes shattered and a nearby bus station collapsed, damaging three taxis, the report said.

Witnesses said they saw smoke billowing from a building downtown and a section of road littered with shattered glass.

The general labour union office building next to the mall was also engulfed in flames.

Firemen were able to quell the blaze on Friday morning, although traffic was still blocked at several main roads in the area.