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]

https://kplr11.com/2019/02/10/1-person-injured-in-explosion-and-fir...

1 person injured in explosion and fire at Wood River oil refinery

Posted 6:21 pm, February 10, 2019

WOOD RIVER, IL – WRB Refining, LLC officials are investigating an explosion and fire that occurred at the Wood River oil refinery Sunday late afternoon. The incident started around 4:30 pm with an explosion in a processing unit.

Firefights employed by the refinery were able to bring the fire under control and are close to extinguishing the fire.

One employee was injured, suffering minor injuries. That person walked to a waiting ambulance and was transported to the hospital for treatment.

All employees and contractors at the facility have been accounted for.

Currently, the refinery is processing 314,000 barrels (42 gallons to a barrel) of oil a day. The refinery supplies a large number of petroleum products to the St. Louis Metro Area market, along with jet fuel to St. Louis Lambert International Airport.

A spokesperson for ConocoPhillips tells Fox 2 that they are monitoring the air quality in the area and have so far not detected any issues. The facility is secure, stable and continuing with normal operations.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/three-hurt-jatrabari-gas-exp...

LAST MODIFIED: 09:32 PM, February 09, 2019

3 hurt in Jatrabari ‘manhole blast’

Three people including two students sustained minor injuries following an explosion inside a manhole in the capital's Jatrabari this afternoon.

Zahura Begum, 35, her five-grader daughter Nafiza Akhter Nusrat, 10, and madrasa student Miraz, 12, were given first aid at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), inspector Bachchu Miah, in-charge of the DMCH police camp, told The Daily Star.  

There was a loud bang in the manhole at Dholaipur in Jatrabari around 5:30pm, Qazi Wazed Ali, officer-in-charge of Jatrabari Police Station, told The Daily Star.

The three pedestrians were injured in the blast, he said.

The police official suspected the explosion behind excessive pressure of gas inside the manhole.  

[Starr DiGiacomo]

https://punchng.com/gas-explosion-kills-five-in-south-africa/

Gas explosion kills five in South Africa

Published February 7, 2019

A gas explosion in an unused coal mine in South Africa’s Eastern province of Mpumalanga has killed five people and several others remain trapped, police said on Thursday.

State broadcaster SABC said about 20 people were still stuck underground at the mine in Middleburg.

Rescue efforts were hampered by dangerously high levels of toxic gas underground, SABC said

The mine is owned by Tegeta Resources and Exploration, which is undergoing creditor protection after its owners, the Gupta brothers, found it difficult to continue doing business in South Africa following corruption allegations against them

Several people had entered the mine on Wednesday afternoon to steal copper wires that supply electricity for lighting and ventilation when a gas pipe exploded, police spokesman Leonard Hlati said.

“The mine is wired with copper. They were going for copper,” Hlati said.

Copper is often stolen from disused mines in South Africa and sold for scrap.

The Gupta brothers, their lawyers and officials from their firms and family representatives could not be reached for comment about the mine incident.

The brothers, who headed what was one of the country’s biggest conglomerates, were accused of unduly influencing former president Jacob Zuma over political appointments and winning contracts.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://newsvideo.su/video/10185371

Gas explosion causes building collapse in the Hague

Published on 28 Jan 2019, 5:42
Nine people were injured when an explosion in the Hague caused the front of a building to collapse. Emergency workers rescued three injured people from the wreckage but more might still be trapped. At least seven were taken to nearby hospitals. Police believe that a gas leak-triggered explosion might have been behind the incident. Residents of 20 homes in the area have been evacuated to nearby hotels.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTSYJRaz_vU#action=share

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.vindy.com/news/2019/jan/25/natural-gas-pipeline-explosio...

Natural-gas pipeline blast injures 2, damages several homes

Friday, January 25, 2019

CALDWELL, OHIO

Authorities say a natural-gas pipeline explosion has injured two people and destroyed or damaged six homes in Ohio.

The county emergency management agency says one person was taken to a medical facility to be treated for minor burns Monday after the explosion in Summerfield in eastern Ohio.

The 30-inch diameter pipeline is part of the Texas Eastern Transmission system owned by Enbridge, a Canadian company that recently completed the 36-inch diameter NEXUS pipeline to transport gas from Appalachian shale fields across Ohio into Michigan.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/world/gas-ship-explosion-...

Crimea gas ship explosion: fire engulfs two tankers, sends crews into the water

January 21, 2019 9:58pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJyxB8BT1BQ

Rescuers have abandned attempts to douse the flames of two burning liquified gas carrying ships in the Black Sea near Crimea’s Kerch Strait. The vessels will be left to burn out.

Russian state-run news agency TASS reports local rescue authorities as saying 10 crew are confirmed dead, with a further 10 not accounted for.

Russian rescue authorities say the two ships were alongside each other transferring fuel when the fire started. The flames quickly spread to both ships, setting off an explosions aboard both of them.

The ships involved were the Kandy, with a crew of 17, and the Maestro, with 14 on board.

AFP reports “no signal from either one of the two captains” had been received.

Reports state 11 people have so far been rescued.

“The search and rescue operation continues,” the Maritime Rescue co-ordination Center said in a statement. “There is a threat of a gas explosion,

Russian news service TASS reports rescuers as saying the two Tanzania registered ships were ‘illegally anchored’. A criminal investigation has been launched into the deaths.

The incident has occurred in neutral waters outside the contested Kerch Strait, linking the Sea of Azov with the Black Sea. Russia has moved to seize the international waterway following its annexation of the adjoining Crimea Peninsula in 2014.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

https://www.ecowatch.com/enbridge-pipeline-explosion-ohio-262671519...

Enbridge Gas Pipeline Explodes in Ohio

Jan. 22, 2019 10:11AM EST

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMjhLMx_y8M

A natural gas pipeline owned by Enbridge exploded in Noble County, Ohio at approximately 10:40 a.m. on Monday.

At least two people were reportedly injured and two homes are believed to have been damaged in the incident.

"We got reports flames were shooting (up) 80 feet to 200 feet (25-60 meters)," Chasity Schmelzenbach, emergency management director for Noble County, Ohio, told Reuters. "You could see it upwards of 10-15 miles (16-24 km) away. Lots of people thought it was in their backyard because it does appear large."

The Canadian energy transportation company confirmed that the incident occurred on its 30-inch Texas Eastern pipeline. The pipeline was built in 1952-53 and an in-line inspection was performed in 2012, "and no remediation was needed," Enbridge said.

The fire has been contained and residents near the incident have been evacuated, the company said, adding that "field operations immediately started to shut in and isolate that section of pipeline."

"Our first concern is for the safety of the community and our employees," Enbridge said. "We have activated our emergency response plan and are cooperating with authorities in our response."

Noble County resident Trina Moore, who lives 7 miles from the scene, told The Daily Jeffersonian that the explosion caused her home to shake.

"Our house shook so bad things came off the walls," Moore said. "Pictures came off the wall and it shook for about 15 seconds, but it felt like forever. All of the neighbors ran outside."

The 9,029-mile Texas Eastern pipeline carries natural gas from the U.S. Gulf Coast and Texas to high demand markets in the northeastern U.S., according to the operator's website. It's not yet clear if the shut-in will impact its customers, Reuters noted.

In October, another Enbridge-owned pipeline exploded in rural land north of Prince George, British Columbia, forcing 100 people to evacuate from the nearby Lheidli T'enneh First Nation.

Enbridge is the same company behind the proposed Line 3 oil pipeline in northern Minnesota and the contentious Line 5 oil pipeline, which is notable for a section that runs along the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac, a narrow waterway that connects Lakes Huron and Michigan.

[Juan F Martinez]

At least 21 people were killed and 71 were injured on Friday when a pipeline ruptured by suspected fuel thieves exploded in central Mexico as dozens of people tried to fill up containers, state and federal authorities said.  01-18-2019

Mexican television footage showed flames leaping into the night sky in the municipality of Tlahuelilpan, in Hidalgo state north of Mexico City, as people shouted and cried for help.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/mexico-pipeline-explosion-bla...

[Juan F Martinez]

4 dead & many injured as suspected gas leak triggers blast in central Paris (PHOTO, VIDEO)

Published time: 12 Jan, 2019 08:32  

https://www.rt.com/news/448641-france-paris-explosion-house/

A fire and a suspected gas leak triggered a powerful explosion inside a bakery in downtown Paris. At least four people, including two firefighters, have lost their lives and over two dozen were injured.

The explosion that took place on Rue de Trevise in central Paris  killed at least four people, among them two firefighters, France’s Interior Minister Christophe Castaner has said. Previous reports mentioned and over 30 wounded, including 15 people who suffered serious injuries.

Meanwhile, the Paris prosecutor’s office said it has launched an inquiry into the blast. “At this point, we can say that it obviously has an accidental origin but we must remain cautious,” the prosecutor said, as cited by French media.

Earlier in the day, Paris fire department spokesman Eric Moulin said the blast saw at least 36 people wounded, including 12 that suffered critical injuries. He told reporters that five people were in life-threatening condition, including two firefighters. A fire broke out inside the bakery after the blast that caused chaos on the adjacent streets.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

https://thefrontierpost.com/sadiqabad-gas-pipeline-catches-fire-aft...

Posted on January 9, 2019

Sadiqabad: Gas pipeline catches fire after explosion

SADIQABAD: A fire erupted in a gas pipeline after it exploded in the early hours of Wednesday, near Bhong area of Sadiqabad district of Punjab.

District Police Officer (DPO) told local news channel that no loss of life occurred in the incident. The officials of the Sui gas company has disconnected connection of the supply to prevent any further damage.

A heavy contingent of Rangers and police had also arrived at the scene. Local authorities asked the residents of nearby localities to evacuate the area as precautionary measure to avoid any untoward incident as intensity of flames was high.

Four fire brigade vehicles and water douser were called in to extinguish the fire.

In a deadly incident couple of years ago, a Sui gas employee was killed in gas pipeline explosion at Shahdadpur-Hala, Sanghar.

and another:

https://jqknews.com/news/123625-13_people_were_injured_in_a_gas_exp...

13 people were injured in a gas explosion accident in a residential building in Dalian, Liaoning Province

On January 8, the Propaganda Department of the Dalian Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China was informed that at about 19:10 on the 8th, a gas explosion occurred in a residential building along the 8th Road in Xigang District, Dalian City, Liaoning Province, which injured nine people. At present, all the injured people have been sent to hospital for treatment, and there is no life danger. The open fire on the spot has been extinguished. The picture shows the scene of gas explosion in residential buildings.

According to the report, the police received an alarm that a gas leak occurred on the 4th floor of Building 13, Rongxin Lane, Bayi Road, Xigang District, Dalian. Subsequently, the police of Dalian Bayi Police Station, the local patrol police and the staff of the gas company rushed to the scene. During the process of checking the gas leak point, a gas explosion occurred, resulting in nine injuries.

At present, all the wounded have been sent to hospital for treatment, and the situation on the spot is stable and controllable.

The picture shows a car parked at the scene of the explosion covered with ash on the roof