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://poleshift.ning.com/profiles/blogs/gas-explosion-kills-1-inju...

Gas explosion in Dominican Republic injures 40, levels homes

Early morning explosions rocked an LPG distribution station in a densely populated neighborhood of the Dominican Republic's capital Tuesday, destroying several homes and injuring at least 40 people, officials said.

Soldiers and Civil Defense workers used dogs to find survivors in the ruins of the buildings but determined everyone was accounted for as crews started clearing debris from the area in the Los Rios community in the northern part of Santo Domingo.

Fire Chief Oscar Garcia said the 40 victims were hospitalized and officials were investigating what caused the explosion at the Solgas station. Six people taken to one nearby hospital had burns on up to 50 percent of their body, said Eddy Bruno, burn unit director at the Luis Eduardo Aybar hospital.

Onlookers stood on rooftops to observe blown-out doors and windows, downed power lines and crumpled cars, including one that had a woman's sandal on its hood.

Neighbors had streamed out of their homes around dawn because they smelled gas, and the first explosion occurred shortly afterward, around 6 a.m.

"It was horrible. We took off running," said Maria Casilda Bonilla, who was in her second-floor apartment with a 22-year-old son.

A second explosion occurred about 40 minutes later, leveling a three-story building owned by Eleno Olivares. He lived in the building with his wife, six children and one young grandchild, and he rented the other units to a dozen other people who also made it out safely except for one who was burned when he tried to rescue some belongings.

"What can I do?" Olivares told The Associated Press as he observed the debris. "I'm happy because all my children and grandchildren are safe."

Authorities have evacuated the area to inspect buildings for safety and determine what caused the explosion.

Solgas officials did not return a call for comment.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

https://www.rt.com/news/332565-yaroslavl-gas-explosion-collapse/

1 dead, many feared trapped after gas blast rocks residential building in Russia’s Yaroslavl

Published time: 16 Feb, 2016 02:40Edited time: 16 Feb, 2016 04:10

An entire section of a five story residential building in the Russian city of Yaroslavl has collapsed in a powerful gas explosion, which killed at least one person. The emergencies services rescued four people while up to 20 are feared trapped under the rubble.

“Gas exploded in a five story residential building, the structure caved in from the first to the fifth floor,” an emergencies ministry representative told RIA Novosti.

“People remain under rubble,” the ministry confirmed, adding that at least ten flats have collapsed.

Authorities confirmed one fatality after a man’s body was pulled out from the debris.

So far four people have been rescued from the debris, and at least three – including a child – remain trapped. All of those rescued reportedly suffered serious injuries and fractures and were hospitalized in a critical condition.

There are conflicting reports as to the number of people that could have potentially ended up under the rubble. While up to 40 people are officially registered to have their residence in the collapsed part of the building, authorities believe not all of them permanently lived there. The emergencies ministry estimated that between seven people and 20 could have been home at the time of the incident. Out of those officially registered in the ten apartments, 13 are reported to be minors.

Rescue teams and fire crews continue working at the scene to save those trapped. More than 50 pieces of equipment were deployed as part of the search effort, in addition to almost 200 rescuers. Meanwhile the emergencies ministry is preparing to send two rescue helicopters equipped with medical modules to Yaroslavl to help evacuate those who have been wounded.

The remaining residents have been evacuated from the crippled building. Authorities are now looking for places to house them, the emergencies ministry noted, adding that none of them have sought medical help.

Emergency services working at the scene said that the threat of further collapse still remains, as the apartment building consists of four blocks. Thus far, authorities are considering faulty gas equipment to be the main probable cause of the explosion, RIA reported citing a source at the scene.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=pJ1woXGQpm8

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=1...

Fire at Christchurch power station, reports of explosion

3:07 PM Monday Feb 15, 2016

Witnesses have described hearing three huge explosions and seeing towering fireballs at a Christchurch power sub-station today.

Hei Hei resident Jenee Pullen, 34, was watching a movie with one-yea old son TJ Roberts with the curtains pulled to block the 30C heat when the explosions happened across the road at the station.

"We just heard bang bang bang," she said.

"I thought a passing truck had dropped something.

"But when I had a look outside saw smoke and fireballs. It was a pretty big fire.

"You could feel the heat from the flames."

Unsure what to do, she then heard someone outside yell, "It's gonna blow!"

She rushed outside to ask police and Transpower officials if she should evacuate.

They reassured her that the transformer was protected by blast walls and that the blaze was contained.

"It seems under control now," she said.

Jenee Pulley and son TJ Roberts heard three explosions and saw fireballs at Christchurch power station today. Photo / Kurt Bayer

A fire service spokesman confirmed the blaze at Transpower's Islington Substation on the city's Roberts Rd was an oil fire.

The fire was extinguished at 3pm today.

The billowing dark grey smoke turned to white clouds before clearing altogether, within minutes.

The Roberts Rd cordon has now also been lifted.

Shift manager Brett Dunn said the fire had produced a lot of smoke, but was in a "secure location" meaning it was unlikely to spread.

Fire crews were brought in from throughout the city to help battle the blaze using foam. There were seven fire crew at the scene.

Mr Dunn said there have been no reports of injuries.

Smoke seen from the fire at the power substation. Photo / Chris Geldard, Twitter

The fire was called in by multiple members of the public about 1.30pm, and there had been reports of an explosion, Mr Dunn said.

The fire follows a 5.7 magnitude earthquake that struck the city yesterday.

A Transpower spokeswoman said the fire had broken out in an enclosed area, which was immediately isolated to prevent further damage to the substation.

She said power supply had not been affected by the fire, and Transpower staff were at the scene.

The company would be investigating the cause, but the spokeswoman was unable to say what may have sparked the fire.

Edward O'Driscoll saw black smoke billowing from the substation about 1.30pm, as he was driving along Christchurch's Main South Rd.

He said other witnesses had reported hearing an explosion.

He did not see flames and said by about 2pm he could no longer see smoke in the area.

"Traffic was backed up, I think there were quite a few sight seers watching," Mr O'Driscoll said.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/feb/11/road-subsides-af...

published: 21:39 february 11, 2016

Road subsides after gas line explosion
Tribune Online Report

Almost half a kilometre road in Sagarika area under Pahartali police station in the city subsided following a gas  pipeline explosion Thursday.

The fire service officials suspected that the explosion might occur from an underground gas pipeline.

On information, a 30-member rescue team of fire service and officials of Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company reached the spot.

Mujibur Rahman, officer of Agrabad Fire Service told the Dhaka Tribune that almost half a kilometer concrete road in the area got damaged.

“The underground gas pipeline might have caused the explosion,” added the officer.

“A portion of the road got ruptured and damaged. Besides, a slab of drain blew off and a culvert was badly damaged in the incident,” said Ranjit Kumar Barua, Officer-in-Charge of Pahartali police station.

However, none was injured in the explosion, said the OC.

- See more at: http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/feb/11/road-subsides-af...

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/1-dead-feed-mill-explosion-roc...

Updated: 1:20 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016 | Posted: 6:13 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016

1 dead in feed mill explosion in Rockmart

POLK COUNTY, Ga. —

One person was killed and several others were injured when an explosion hit a feed mill in Rockmart early Sunday morning.

The Rockmart City Manager told Channel 2’s Steve Gelhbach that one person was killed, one flown to Grady Memorial Hospital, two taken to a local hospital, two people to another local hospital and two other people refused treatment.

The coroner confirmed the victim is 25-year-old Justin Deems.

Justin Deems' mother, Rita Deems, says her son was a husband for only six months before his death.

“From what we believe to be a natural gas explosion of some type within the structure," said Tony Brazier.

Other employees and former workers tell us it may have been a dust explosion from fine particles from the corn and grain stored at the facility and used to make the feed. All of the particles could have ignited.

Eight people were working overnight at the time of the explosion.

Several residents called Channel 2 reporting that they felt the explosion from the JCG feed mill around 2:30 a.m.

"I thought it was a sonic boom. That's the first thing that came in my mind, or an earthquake. I had no clue what it was," said Denise Wilson, who works near the feed mill.

Deems says the explosion shook her house just a mile and a half away in Polk County.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-02/07/c_135081964.htm

Biodiesel plant explosion in Spain kills two, seriously injures one

Source: Xinhua   2016-02-07 05:16:58

MADRID, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and another seriously injured in an explosion in a biodiesel plant in the town of Algemesi in east Spain on Saturday.

The explosion happened around 11:00 a.m. local time in an industrial estate on the outskirts of Algemesi, 33 km south of Spanish port city Valencia.

The two victims were workers who were reportedly to be in their 40s, while the injured person had burns on 80 percent of his body, according to Marta Trenzano, the mayor of Algemesi.

The cause of the explosion has not yet been found. Some believe the accident could be caused by people soldering a storage silo, which contained residual flammable gas.

Local authority has declared Monday as a day of mourning for the victims.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/2016/02/04/Explosion-at-refine...

Explosion at refinery in Iran’s Lavan Island after gas leak

Reuters, Dubai Thursday, 4 February 2016

A gas leak caused an explosion at a refinery in Lavan Island in southern Iran on Wednesday, the Fars news agency reported, a day before the launch of six new projects there.

The incident caused no casualties, the agency said, but the launch of the projects had been cancelled after the explosion.

Lavan Island has one of the major export terminals for crude oil in Iran.

“The incident happened due to a gas leak in a new petroleum refining unit that was supposed to be launched tomorrow,” Iran’s deputy oil minister, Abbas Kazemi was quoted as saying by the state news agency IRNA on Wednesday.

The oil ministry’s news agency, SHANA, reported that compressor failure at the refinery was to blame for the explosion, and that it would be fixed in next 10 days.

The agency said the explosion had only affected a small part of the refinery and the rest was operational.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2016/02/02/reports-h...

Henrietta house explosion likely caused by broken gas line

12:36 p.m. EST February 2, 2016

Firefighters and the two elderly residents of a Henrietta home on Tuesday morning narrowly escaped an explosion that may have been caused by a broken gas line.

No one was injured in the blast which occurred just moments after firefighters arrived at 134 Buckley Place about 8:20 am.

Henrietta Fire Chief Jim Comstock said the couple who lived in the home called 911 to report the odor of gas in the house and were waiting outside for firefighters when they are arrived.

Firefighters could smell gas and could hear a hissing sound indicative of a gas leak, and began to walk the couple up the street as a safety precaution. They were only about 40 feet away — standing in the road outside the home — when the house blew up.

Comstock said witnesses described the explosion as the roof blowing off, the sides collapsing in, and the roof falling back down on the walls.

“I could have lost a whole crew of firefighters here, we could have lost the people in the house. It's an unfortunate incident but it could have been a lot worse for everybody.”

Henrietta Fire Chief James Comstock

“I could have lost a whole crew of firefighters here, we could have lost the people in the house, Comstock said. "It’s an unfortunate incident but it could have been a lot worse for everybody.”

Rochester Gas and Electric Corp. spokesman Richard Meier said the company had several crews on scene and wasworking with firefighters. An army of RG&E vehicles were on the scene, including a backhoe for digging through debris.

Neighbors from several blocks away said they heard and felt two explosions, and could feel their houses shake and windows rattle.

"I was eating breakfast and the house shook and the windows shook. It was a loud explosion," Harley Dixon said. "I thought it was my house."

He and Art Keeler, who lives next door to 134 Buckley Place, said his "knees shook" when he felt the explosion. Other neighbors said there were children waiting for a school bus 30 feet away just moments before the explosion occurred.

Both men said they were told the explosion might have been caused when one of the tenants of the home struck a gas pipe outside the house with a vehicle. Comstock and Monroe County Fire Coordinator Sam DeRosa, however, said the cause of the explosions is still under investigation.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.balkaneu.com/gas-explosion-bar-wounding-30-people-photos/

Gas explosion in a bar causes the wounding of 30 people (PHOTOS) - See more at: http://www.balkaneu.com/gas-explosion-bar-wounding-30-people-photos...

Tirana, 1 February 2016/Independent Balkan News Agency

At least 30 people have remained wounded on Monday afternoon (01.02) in the southeast of the country, after being involved in an incident taken place while they were inside of a bar-restaurant, IBNA reports quoting official sources from local police.

The event took place in a bar owned by Dashamir Muca in the village of Dardhas, a few kilometers outside of the city of Pogradec.

A gas deposit which was used for heating, has exploded in the bar premises, by causing burnings of different degrees to 30 people who were present at that moment.

The majority of the wounded are aged 16 to 30 years old.

The images that IBNA brings you shows the moments after the incident.

Two ambulances reached the scene, but the large number of wounded people forced the residents of the area to rush them to hospital with their own vehicles.

22 of the wounded persons have been sent for a better treatment to the capital, Tirana. At least six of them are in a life threatening state with burnings of a high degree.
The head of the State Technical Inspectorate, Gazmend Osmani said that an investigation has started on the event. Several inspectors have reached the scene to discover the causes of this dramatic explosion. /ibna/

- See more at: http://www.balkaneu.com/gas-explosion-bar-wounding-30-people-photos...

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://iraqidinarnewstoday.net/explosion-damages-gas-pipeline-near-...

Explosion Damages Gas Pipeline Near Kirkuk

By iraqidinarnewstoday | February 1, 2016

An explosion on Friday has damaged a section of the pipeline that supplies gas for about half of the electricity generation in Iraqi Kurdistan.

The KRG’s Interior Ministry said an investigation was underway to find the cause of the explosion near the district of Shwan.

The pipeline feeds gas from the Khor Mor field to two power plants in the Erbil and Sulaimaniyah provinces.

According to BasNews, there were no casualties reported.