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A faulty valve on a 3-inch natural gas pipeline was suspected of causing a gas leak that resulted in three separate explosions, including a house explosion in Lambertville, New Jersey that killed seven people. January 27 - an explosion and fire from a gas main failure in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania killed 4 people, and destroyed 15 homes. [20]
At least eight people were taken to the hospital after an explosion caused a building to partially collapse in Chicago on Tuesday morning, fire officials said. Chicago building explosion leaves at ...
January 6 – A house in Garnett, Kansas was destroyed by an explosion, and later on gas was found leaking from a 2-inch gas line in the street front of it, and was thought to be the cause. A young boy was killed. The same leak may have caused another nearby house explosion the previous November. [136]
Gas explosion caused the collapse of a 2-storey residential building. [7] 9 March 1976 United States: Oven Fork, Kentucky: 26 unknown Scotia Mine disaster [8] 11 November 1977 South Korea: Iksan: 59 1343 Iri station explosion: 17 February 1978 France: Paris: 12 60 A gas leak in rue Raynouard caused 3 explosions in 40 minutes. 11 July 1978 Spain ...
The massive explosion at the Sandman Signature Hotel in downtown Fort Worth, suspected as a gas leak, may be part of a worsening trend across the US. Gas leak explosions are happening more often ...
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On July 23, 1984, an explosion and fire took place at a Union Oil Lemont Refinery in Romeoville, Illinois, outside Chicago, killing 17 people and causing major property damage. [2] The explosive force propelled the upper portion 14 metres (46 ft) of the vessel a distance of 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from its original location, while the base ...
"The explosion was significant," the news release said. "Truck parts were sent airborne, landing up to several blocks away. A shock wave caused substantial property damage in the immediate area.