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People told to leave their home in Jersey because of a suspected gas leak in St Helier have been allowed to return. Island Energy asked for the evacuation of one household around Maison St Louis ...
December 25, 2016 – A fire broke out at a gas compressor station, in Armstrong County. [147] January 1, 2017 – Fire erupts at Marcellus Shale pad in Somerset Township, Washington County. [148] March 9, 2017 – A fire at a Susquehanna County gas compressor station. [149] November 30, 2017 - A gas well pad fire in Somerset County. [150]
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Since 2010, incidents like fires and explosions caused by natural gas leaks have occurred every 40 hours on average in the United States, according to the Public Interest Research Group.
October 23 – A bulldozer operator hit a gas line, at a shopping center under construction in Brenham, Texas. This resulted in a fire engulfing the bulldozer. The bulldozer operator was airlifted to a hospital with burns. [25] December 27 – A leak was detected on a 16-inch pipeline, in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. About 350,000 gallons of ...
A large natural gas explosion occurred in the Northwest District of Portland, Oregon, USA, at NW 23rd Avenue and NW Glisan Street on October 19, 2016. Nearby excavation caused a natural gas leak that triggered the explosion, which injured eight people and caused $17.2 million in property damages.
Natural gas leaks happen nearly every day in the U.S. — and they can be deadly if they go undetected. A report from a group of Texas environmental nonprofits released in June found around 2,600 ...
Gas leaks can damage or kill plants. [4] [5] In addition to leaks from natural gas pipes, methane and other gases migrating from landfill garbage disposal sites can also cause chlorosis and necrosis in grass, weeds, or trees. [6] In some cases, leaking gas may migrate as far as 100 feet (30 m) from the source of the leak to an affected tree. [7]