Explosions on the rise
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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 4, 2013 at 4:47am
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Natural gas explosion in OKC
Woman describes a natural gas explosion at a house in SW Oklahoma City.Explosion Levels Home In Southwest OKC
http://www.newson6.com/story/20500248/evacuated-okc-residents-respo...
OKLAHOMA CITY -
A natural gas explosion that leveled an Oklahoma City home is affecting an entire neighborhood with people evacuated and gas being turned off.Some people living on the block where the explosion occurred were still not allowed to go back to their homes late Thursday, while crews continued checking homes and gas lines in the area.The explosion seemed like it came straight out of a movie, according to fore department officials. The explosion rocked the southwest side neighborhood and sent a cloud of black smoke high in the sky.
"Everyone knew it was an explosion," neighbor Michael Tolbert said. "We came outside and everyone was just trying to find out where it was."
Some people saw what happened.
"The roof came off the house and flipped the other way and came back down on the house," one neighbor recalled. "It was pretty crazy."
Oklahoma Natural Gad crews were canvassing the area and the Red Cross assisted people who had been evacuated.
"[We're dealing with] not being able to go home," Betty Nordquist told News 9 as she waited in the cold. "We're waiting for them to give us the all-clear."
Neighbors say are just thankful nobody was seriously injured.
"It was worse than an earthquake," Nordquist said.
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Comment by Kojima on January 4, 2013 at 2:14am
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Gas explosion in Rawalpindi, northern Pakistan; Jan 3rd, 4th, 2013
As many as 13 people including children and women, have suffered injuries in three different incidents during the last 24 hours due to gas explosions. Nine people including five children and two women were injured as a result of gas blasts on Wednesday in Tench Bhatta and Chaklala.
1) 7 of a family critically burnt in gas explosion
Thursday, January 03, 2013; From Print Edition
Rawalpindi
Seven members of a family, including five children, were burnt when the room of a house at Chaklala Scheme-III, blew up due to gas leakage, Wednesday morning, police sources told ‘The News’.
Rescuers of Edhi and Rescue-1122 shifted the victims to different hospitals while, fire fighting units of tehsil and district administrations, controlled the fire after hectic efforts of over one hour.
A blast in the house located in Street-34, Ali Trust at Chaklala Scheme-III, near Car Chowk on wee hours of Wednesday, was so strong that it was heard at quite some distance and locals rushed to the spot to help the victims.
The police, quoting witnesses, said that ambulances of Edhi reached the scene first and shifted two victims to hospital followed by the Rescue-1122.
The Rescue-1122 sources told ‘The News’ that the rescuers started rescue work at about 3:25 a.m. and shifted five victims — Imran, 32, son of Peer Bukhsh, Sumera, 25, wife of Imran, Mohammad Usman, 6, son of Imran, Mohammad Umer, 15, son of Mohammad Shafiq and 4-year-old Minahil daughter of Imran — to the Benazir Bhutto Hospital, where two of them were critical. While, the names of two victims, shifted to the hospital by Edhi ambulance, could not be ascertained.
The police, referring the statements of the victims, said that the family members were sleeping when an explosion took place, probably, due to gas leakage and the house caught fire. The firefighting units reached the scene and overpowered rising flames with the help of personnel and Rescue-1122 and local volunteers.
In another incident in Tench Bhatta, two people including a young girl and 10-year-old boy were critically wounded when a gas cylinder exploded in a house in Firdous Street, Rescue-1122 sources said. Both the victims identified as Salma, 20 daughter of Lal Din and her 10-year-old brother Adil were shifted to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in critical condition.
2) Five injured in Chaklala gas explosion
Friday, January 04, 2013
Rawalpindi: In another incident of gas blast, five members of a family, were injured due to an explosion in a house in Chaklala Scheme-III because of gas leakage on the wee hours of Thursday, Rescue-1122 sources said.
As many as 13 people including children and women, have suffered injuries in three different incidents during the last 24 hours due to gas explosions. Nine people including five children and two women were injured as a result of gas blasts on Wednesday in Tench Bhatta and Chaklala.
In fresh incident the room of a house located in Street-10, near Qaed-e-Azam School, Chaklala Scheme-III, exploded at about 2.30 a.m. with heavy bang following fire erupted after the blast due to gas leakage, the Rescue said adding that four members of the family — Mohammad Ali Ashraf son of Haji Mohammad Ashraf, 40, his wife Shama Ali Ashraf, 35, daughter Sadia Ali, 13, and two sons Mohammad Sanaullah, 9 and 2-year-old Mohammad Safiullah — were shifted to hospital where Mohammad Ali Ashraf was declared critical with 60% burn injuries.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/10-injured-in-gas-pip...
10 injured in gas pipeline explosion
SURAT: At least 10 residents, including four teenagers, sustained injuries in an explosion following a leakage in underground natural gas pipeline of Gujarat Gas Company Limited (GGCL) near Lalmiyan Masjid in Rampura on Saturday.
Official sources said fire and emergency departments received a call about a gas leakage near the municipal school at Hodi Bungalow in the morning.
Fire fighters rushed to the spot along with a team of technicians from GGCL. Within half an hour, the department received another call from Lalmiyan Masjid in Rampura regarding a huge explosion.
Pankaj Patel, chief fire officer (CFO) said, "There was a leakage in the PNG line from Hodi Bungalow to Rampura, which led to the vapour cloud explosion. The entire supply of natural gas was stopped immediately in the entire area to prevent further explosions."
Patel added, "Four victims have been admitted to SMIMER hospital while other six victims were relieved after primary treatment.
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Comment by Howard on December 27, 2012 at 12:13am
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Gas Pipeline Explodes Prior to Quake on Russia's Black Sea Coast (Dec 26)
A gas pipeline explosion and mild earthquake has struck near the Russian Black Sea resort city of Sochi, the second earthquake in the area in the past three days.
On Sunday, a 5.5 magnitude earthquake was recorded 47km (29mi) southwest of Och'amch'ire, Georgia. The epicenter of the earthquake was 170.2 km (106.2 miles) off the coast of Sochi according to Earthquake Track.
The epicenter of Wednesday's earthquake, which measured 5.3 in magnitude, was roughly 20 miles east of Sunday's epicenter. Striking at 0242 local time (2242 GMT), the quake caused little or no damage to buildings.
"The Emergencies Ministry servicemen scoured through the city districts, bridges and electrical cables, there was no damage," Gogoleva said, adding that the epicentre of the quake was some 150 kilometres (93 miles) off Sochi in the Black Sea."
Shortly before the earthquake, a gas pipeline ruptured and exploded near Sochi. Gogoleva told the Moscow Times that the cause of the explosion is unknown at this time. The city's power plant switched to fuel oil to power the city's electrical grid.
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Massive Gas Explosion in West Virgina Incinerates Homes, Interstate Highway (Dec 11)
http://poleshift.ning.com/profiles/blogs/massive-gas-explosion-in-w...
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http://www.firehouse.com/news/10838732/pipe-explodes-near-texas-nat...
Pipe Explodes Near Texas Natural Gas Plant
A pipe explosion near a natural gas plant in Goldsmith created an approximately 250-foot fireball and burned about 4 miles of natural gas Wednesday evening.
A pipe explosion near a natural gas plant in Goldsmith created an approximately 250-foot fireball and burned about 4 miles of natural gas Wednesday evening.
The explosion happened at about 6 p.m. at a pipe about 30 yards from Highway 158 near the main entranceway to DCP Goldsmith Plant, said Odessa Fire and Rescue Senior Captain Kevin Jackson, acting as battalion chief. No one was injured.
The cause of the explosion remained unclear two hours later.
The pipe was 16 inches in diameter and funneled gas at 500 psi belonging to the company West Texas Gas, Jackson said. The company is headquartered in Midland.
Responding firefighters found and contacted the gas company, which shut off supply to the pipe, Jackson said. The fire, which destroyed a nearby welding shed, burned out by about 7:30 p.m.
The blast and fire destroyed 12 to 15 utility poles and trashed the road, Jackson said.
"It looks like the moon," he said. "There are caliche and rocks all over. There are rocks in the road the size of bowling balls."
Five OFR units responded, along with West Odessa and Goldsmith volunteer firefighters. Troopers with the Texas Department of Public Safety blocked of roads nearby such as Gulf Avenue.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/06/utilities-naturalgas-fire...
Dec 6 (Reuters) - DCP Midstream said Thursday it shut its natural gas processing plant located near the West Texas Gas pipeline near Goldsmith, Texas, due to a fire and explosion on the pipeline Wednesday night.
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Comment by KM on November 26, 2012 at 3:34am
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http://zen-haven.com/thousands-of-natural-gas-leaks-found-in-boston/
Thousands of Natural Gas Leaks Found in Boston
Beneath the streets of Boston is an aging network of natural gas pipelines that delivers fuel to heat homes and power appliances but also threatens to feed fires and even cause explosions. Highlighting the need for repairs, a new study detected more than 3,300 natural gas leaks throughout the city.
Researchers from Boston University and Duke logged 785 road miles (1,263 kilometers) in the city, driving around in a GPS-equipped car with a device to measure methane, the chief chemical component of natural gas. The team discovered 3,356 separate natural gas leaks — some of them potentially hazardous.
“While our study was not intended to assess explosion risks, we came across six locations in Boston where gas concentrations exceeded the threshold above which explosions can occur,” Nathan Phillips, associate professor at BU, said in a statement.
The leaks were associated with old cast-iron underground pipes and were distributed evenly across all neighborhoods, regardless of socioeconomic differences, the researchers said. Their findings were detailed online this week in the journal Environmental Pollution.
Concerns about aging natural gas pipelines aren’t unique to Boston. Each year, pipeline failures cause an average of 17 deaths, 68 injuries, and $133 million in property damage across the nation, according to the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
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Another fatal gas explosion today - in China.
Gas Explosion at Restaurant in Northern China Kills 14 People, Injures 47 (Nov 23) -
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/explosion+restaurant+northern+Chin...
An explosion at a restaurant in northern China has killed 14 people and injured 47.
The government of Shouyang county in Shanxi province says on its official website that a gas leak caused the blast and triggered a fire Friday evening at the Xinyangyang hotpot restaurant.
The official Xinhua News Agency says six people were killed at the scene and eight others died at a hospital. Seventeen people were severely injured.
Xinhua says the explosion was so powerful that it shattered the windows of the two-story building that houses the restaurant and shops.
Hotpot dining is popular among Chinese, with diners gathering around a steaming pot in which they cook meats and vegetables.
Restaurant explosions are common in China, though a death toll this high is rare.
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More on the gas explosion in Springfield, Massachusetts.
"The blast levels 2 buildings, blew out all windows in a three-block radius, and prompting emergency workers to evacuate a six-story apartment building that was buckling.
People were knocked off their feet by the blast, NBC affiliate WWLP-TV reported.
Those injured in the blast included nine firefighters, four gas company employees, two police officers, 1 water and sewage employee and two civilians.
Two hospitals treated the injured people, though none were in critical condition, officials said.
The blast was heard for miles and one of the buildings destroyed was a strip club that had just been evacuated due to a strong natural gas odor."
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Comment by Chris on November 24, 2012 at 2:02am
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Several injured at Springfield MA strip club explosion.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/23/us/massachusetts-explosion/index.html...Eighteen people were injured early Friday evening when a gas-fueled explosion ripped through a strip club in the western Massachusetts city of Springfield, the city's mayor said.
Those in the club and nearby buildings had evacuated by the time the blast occurred at 5:25 p.m., Mayor Dominic Sarno said.
Nine of those injured were Springfield firefighters, four were gas company employees, two were police officers, two were civilians, and one was a municipal water and sewer department employee, the mayor said. Earlier, a police sergeant said more civilians were hurt and all were transported to Baystate Medical Center or Mercy Medical Center.
"Through God's mercy, we are not aware of any fatalities," Sarno said.
People as far away as South Hadley, 10 miles north, felt the blast.
Video showed that the facade of one building was shredded by the blast, while glass from blown-out windows littered streets blocks away.
Besides the leveled multistory structure that housed Club Scores -- which Sarno referred to as "ground zero" -- 12 buildings suffered significant damage, and at least a dozen others had collateral damage, Springfield fire Commissioner Joseph Conant said.
Columbia Gas spokeswoman Sheila Doiron told reporters Friday that a call about a strong gas odor came in at around 4:20 p.m.
The gas company's employees were on site in about 25 minutes, and they shut off the gas to the building soon thereafter, according to Conant. The explosion came 15 minutes later.
Overhead video from CNN affiliate WWLP showed what appeared to be police lights flashing near an otherwise calm scene until a huge burst of fire soared into the sky. That was followed by thick plumes of black smoke.
Within hours, Conant said firefighters were able to bring "the fire situation ... under control."
The officials who spoke at Friday night's news conference said they had no knowledge that any of the injuries suffered in the blast and its aftermath are life-threatening.
None of the eight patients brought into Baystate Medical Center are in critical condition, said hospital spokeswoman Jane Albert. She said hospital officials have been told they no more injured are coming.
Authorities are working to determine what caused the fire, with state authorities assisting local first responders -- including members of the city's arson and bomb unit -- at the scene. Doiron, from Columbia Gas company, said "there have been no measurable readings of natural gas at this point" that might indicate more widespread leaks.
A shelter has been set up at nearby Central High School for anyone displaced by the explosion and evacuations in the vicinity, said Sarno.
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