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...

[M. Difato]

 A massive fire broke out Friday at a Texas chemical plant, producing numerous explosions and huge plumes of smoke.

Mike Legoudes, fire marshal for the city of Conroe, said it appears nobody was inside the DrillChem plant and that nobody was injured. Conroe is about 40 miles north of Houston.

DrillChem makes products for the oil and gas industry. Legoudes said hazmat crews didn’t find anything dangerous but are trying to contain runoff as a precautionary measure.

Legoudes said the fire department received the call at 4:45 p.m. CT and arrived a few minutes later to find two 10,000-square-foot buildings engulfed in flames. The last employee is thought to have left at 4 p.m., he said.

The cause of the fire has not been determined.

On Facebook, the Montgomery County Fire Marshal’s Office reported the explosions from what it characterized as a “multiple-alarm commercial fire.”

Source : http://www.wxlm.fm/news/explosions-fire-at-chemical-plant-north-of-...

[KM]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3196504/Frightening-footage...

River of flame: Fire erupts across Russian waterway and huge column of black smoke engulfs the area after underwater oil pipeline ruptures 

• Large fire erupted close to the site of an oil refinery on Moscow River
• Plume of thick black smoke could be seen a mile away in Red Square
• Rescue workers battled flames for over an hour to control the blaze
• No fatalities were reported but three bystanders were taken to hospital

A ball of fire and a huge black cloud of smoke engulfed Moscow River – and the frightening scene was captured on camera.

The rupture of an underwater oil pipeline is believed to have caused the fireball, which erupted close to the site of an oil refinery.

A plume of thick black smoke polluted the air as a result of the fire in southeast Moscow, which could be seen almost a mile away in Red Square, reported Russian news agency Sputnik.

Thick plumes of smoke emerge as oil pipeline bursts in river

The rupture of an underwater oil pipeline is believed to have caused the fireball, which erupted close to the site of an oil refinery

Rescue workers were required to battle flames for over an hour in order to control the inferno.

It is not currently clear what caused the blaze but according to rescue workers, the river went up in flames after a nearby grass fire reached the oil that had leaked from the pipeline.

No fatalities have been reported but three bystanders including a child were taken to hospital for respiratory issues caused by the smoke.

Numerous people reported hearing an explosion prior to the inferno and rescue services told residents to stay indoors.

Captured on camera, a local resident films the extent of the blaze on the river.

The video maker then tilts the camera upwards so as to record the huge cloud of smoke, which gets gradually lighter the higher it goes.

A plume of thick black smoke could be seen as far away as Red Square, almost a mile from the source of the fire

No fatalities have been reported but three bystanders including a child were taken to hospital for respiratory issues caused by the smoke

[KM]

In a follow-up to Tracie Crespo's comment from yesterday:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3195477/Fifty-people-injure...

Apocalyptic aftermath of the Chinese fire which left at least 44 dead: Pictures show full devastation of the warehouse explosions which were so big they registered as earthquakes

• At least 44 people killed, more than 500 injured and 36 firefighters missing after massive blasts in Tianjin, China
• Two blasts erupted in warehouse shipment of explosives at about 11.30pm local time, with blast felt miles away
• Dramatic videos of the explosion show flames erupting into the night sky as residents told how windows shattered

Enormous explosions in a major Chinese port city have killed at least 44 people, leaving an apocalyptic landscape of incinerated cars, crumpled shipping containers and burnt-out buildings.

Hundreds of people were also injured in the explosions which unleashed fireballs that lit up the night sky, shattering window miles away and raining debris across the city.

Twelve of the dead were from teams of more than 1,000 firefighters sent to fight the ensuing blaze which broke out in the city of Tianjin, around 90 miles from Beijing, at around 11.30pm local time last night.  

The blasts detonated with such force they registered on the Richter scale and were visible from space, sending terrified residents running from their homes fearing there had been earthquake.

Aftermath: In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, smoke rises from the site of explosions from a nearby building in the Binhai New Area in northeastern China's Tianjin municipality. The explosions claimed the lives of at least 44 people and injured 500 more

Blaze: At least 44 people have been killed and up to 500 more injured after several explosions tore through a warehouse in Tianjin

Apocalyptic: The fireball swept through a parking lot of up to 1,000 new Renault cars, blowing out windows and ripping off paint 

The enormous fireballs from the blasts rolled through a nearby parking lot, turning a fleet of 1,000 new cars into scorched metal husks

Obliterated: An aerial view of the explosion site in Binhai New Area of Tianjin. The detonations were so powerful they could be seen from space

Carnage: Excavators clear wreckage near the site of the explosions that crumpled shipping containers at the Binhai new district in Tianjin

[Tracie Crespo]

Hundreds injured in huge China port blast

Shattered glass was strewn up to three kilometres from the blast site, after a shipment of explosives detonated in an industrial zone, raining debris on the city.

Plumes of smoke still billowed over buildings six hours after the explosion.

“The fireball was huge, maybe as much as 100 metres tall,” said 27-year-old Huang Shiting, whose house is close to the port area of the city where the explosion took place.

“I heard the first explosion and everyone went outside, then there was a series of more explosions, windows shattered and a lot of people who were inside were hurt and came running out, bleeding,” he said.

There are reports that two of the hundreds of firefighters that were sent to the scene have “lost contact”, leading authorities to fear the death toll will rise today.

Xinhua, the state news agency said, the Tianjin fire brigade sent 12 teams after receiving fire report from Ruihai warehouse at the Binhai New Area Wednesday, which stores dangerous and chemical goods.

The brigade then sent another nine teams and 35 fire engines as reinforcement.

There are fears that the explosion has caused toxic air in Tianjin that could spread to Beijing in the next few hours. Residents in the capital have been warned to stay indoors.

Chinese Premier Li Keying has declared “all out efforts” must be made to find anyone trapped in the scene. The first explosion in the container facility caused a ripple effect with a number of smaller blasts occurring soon

Communist Party newspaper the People’s Daily said in a post on Chinese social network Weibo that more people remained trapped by a huge fire unleashed by the explosives.

Images obtained by AFP showed residents, some partially clothed, running for shelter on a street strewn with debris.

Between 300 and 400 injured people had arrived at a single hospital, according to the Beijing News, which also cited a worker at another healthy facility saying there were too many new patients to count.

The magnitude of the first explosion was the equivalent of detonating three tonnes of TNT, the China Earthquake Networks Centre said on its verified Weibo account, and was followed by a second stronger blast equal to detonating 21 tonnes of the explosive.

Much of the area surrounding the explosion is made up of construction sites for residential and office buildings.

Worker dormitories, built of flimsy sheets of thin metal, were torn apart by the blast.

At the city’s TEDA hospital, close to the blast site, Zhang Hongjie, 50, sat with his head wrapped in bandages, his arms covered with small cuts from flying glass.

“The explosion was terrifying, and I almost passed out,” he told AFP. “I’m sorry, I still can’t think straight, I’m a bit confused,” he said.

An explosion in China that killed at least seven people and injured hundreds more was registered by the US Geological Survey as two small seismological actions followed by one big one at a seismometer station 160km (100 miles) away in Beijing.

The USGS equipment is meant to detect seismological activity like earthquakes, but also frequently picks up activity from mining blasts.

USGS geophysicist John Bellini said it is rare to detect seismological activity from other events, like the explosion in Tianjin. “Blasts that are not mine-related are rare to record, just because they don’t get transferred into the ground very well,” he said.

Bellini said that it looks like multiple blasts were recorded at the Beijing monitoring facility, but the agency is not completely certain that the activity came from the explosion in Tianjin. The nature of the blast means that the seismological monitor does not give a completely accurate assessment of the explosion’s magnitude, he said.

“I can’t really give you an accurate magnitude picture – because it is one station and I don’t know how much air blast and how much of it is ground vibration, so I can’t give any precise magnitude measure for it,” Bellini said.

He did say that a safe estimate for the explosion is that it registered between a magnitude 2 and 3 on the Richter scale.

“That doesn’t accurately portray the amount of energy in the explosion, just because it isn’t transferred to the ground very well,” said Bellini.

Citing the verified Weibo account of the China Earthquake Networks Centre, AFP reported the magnitude of the first explosion was the equivalent of detonating three tons of TNT, while the second was the equivalent of detonating 21 tons of the explosive.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/12/china-explosion-earthq...

[Yvonne Lawson]

M56 gas tanker fire: drivers stranded for hours after explosions close motorway in both directions (UK)

Drivers have been getting out of their cars and walking up and down the motorway lanes to get a better look at the incident

Scores of motorists face being stranded for hours on the M56 between Manchester and Chester after a propane gas tanker burst into flames.

Drivers are being advised to avoid the stretch altogether, with traffic at a standstill because of the incident between J12 at Clifton and J14 at Hapsford. A Calor gas tanker caught flames just after 3pm. A 1,600 metre cordon has been set up.

It is understood the tanker driver is uninjured.

Police are advising drivers to avoid the area as both sides of the motorway remain closed.

People living in Helsby are also advised to stay indoors and keep their doors and windows closed.

Cheshire Fire and Rescue said trains have been stopped on both the Manchester to Chester and Ellesmere Port to Helsby lines, while air traffic control have been advised of the incident to make sure that air traffic is stopped over the area.

Jan Bradley, who lives a short distance from the explosion, said: “There were two explosions. The first which sounded like the sound of World War Three breaking out. It shook the house.

“Then a second one, also very loud. I think a lorry carrying some sort of flammable load has exploded on the motorway.

“There helicopters circling my house above. It’s a major incident.”

Calor, the firm whose tanker is on fire on the motorway, said in a statement: "One of our mini bulk tankers caught fire on the M56 this afternoon and we are investigating the cause.

Source: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news... 

[Mark]

Shocking moment exploding manhole cover blasted through floor of packed NYC bus and into female passenger sitting by window

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3187664/Woman-riding-bus-hu...

The explosion that wounded Josephina Guzman occurred on West 170th Street on Tuesday
Guzman's leg was struck by the manhole cover, which weighed almost 300 pounds, it has been reported
The female bus passenger suffered bruising and swelling
A woman riding a bus in the Bronx was hurt this week after a manhole exploded and its cover went through the vehicle, according to reports.
The explosion wounding Josephina Guzman occurred on West 170th Street Tuesday, NBC New York reported.
Photos broadcast by local media show the damage the cover caused inside the MTA bus.
NBC New York reported the manhole cover struck Guzman's leg and weighed almost 300 pounds.
Kevin Ortiz, spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), told the television station: 'We are thankful that no one was seriously injured.'

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/08/06/smoke-seen-for-miles-after-ex... 

Smoke Seen For Miles After Gas Line Explosion In Weld County

August 6, 2015 2:49 PM

WELD COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Nobody was injured after a gas line explosion in Weld County Thursday afternoon.

The explosion occurred at approximately 2 p.m. northeast of Greeley. The resulting fire is burning is so hot it’s dangerous for crews to get near it. Crews have already had to back away 2 miles because of the fire’s intensity.

The gas line is a 12-inch high pressure line on private property near County Road 63 and Highway 392.

The Weld County Sheriff’s Office says it likely ruptured when someone was digging a trench on the property.

Someone on the property had been reported missing but was later found.

Crews were working on shutting down the line from 2 miles away in hopes of stopping the fire. If not it could burn for hours, even days.

Nobody has claimed responsibility for striking the line yet.

The property is owned by Steve Wells, a man who was featured in an uplifting CBS4 story back in May. Wells bought a fallen deputy’s cruiser at an auction and gave the keys to the deputy’s son.He talked elusively with CBS4’s Kelly Werthmann about why he did it.

Wells declined to comment about the explosion.

[Yvonne Lawson]

Wholesale Markets fire: Bosses believe an electrical explosion triggered the blaze - Birmingham UK

An explosion in electrical equipment is believed to have triggered the huge blaze at Birmingham’s Wholesale Market.

A flash was caught on CCTV shortly before the fire took hold with one the market’s chairmen still inside the two-storey building.

He called the fire service – who the managing committee praised as “magnificent” – as the blaze spread in a matter of minutes.

Around 40 firefighters tackled the blaze at its height.

Source:   http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/wholesale-market...  

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.ntv.co.jp/englishnews/society/gas_factory_explosion_rock...

GAS FACTORY EXPLOSION ROCKS YAMAGUCHI

08/05/2015

An explosion at a gas factory in western Japan leaves one person injured

[Starr DiGiacomo]

 

http://www.demanjo.com/news/world/2850703/tank-explodes--building-p...

Federal Agency Says 33 Injured in Missouri Plant Explosion

Aug 05 2015

New Madrid

MARSTON, Mo. - Preliminary investigations indicate molten aluminum hitting water caused explosions that injured more than 30 employees at a southeast Missouri aluminum plant, a federal agency said Wednesday.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the explosions that happened Tuesday at the Noranda Aluminum plant in New Madrid County, about 170 miles south of St. Louis.

Noranda employs about 900 workers in New Madrid County, where the plant serves as the primary aluminum smelter for Franklin, Tennessee-based Noranda.