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2. List of pipeline accidents in the United States (1900–1949)

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   December 20 – In Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, two children were fatally burned and five injured in a gas explosion and fires that destroyed three houses.The explosions were caused by the breaking of a valve gate on the Fort Pitt Gas Line, which allowed leaking gas to seep into the houses' cellars, following water pipes from the street.

3. List of pipeline accidents in the United States (1950–1969)

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   January 13 – A leaking gas main in the Jamaica section of New York City, New York caught fire on January 13. Two pieces of FDNY equipment responding to the gas leak report were burned, as well as numerous buildings. The fire spread to 13 alarm size, with 63 fire companies being used to control the situation.

4. Boilover - Wikipedia

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   Boilover onset mechanism. The extreme violence of boilovers is due to the expansion of water from liquid to steam, which is by a factor of 1500 or more. [3] In practical storage scenarios, the presence of water under the burning fluid is sometimes due to spurious accumulation during plant operation (e.g., rainwater entering a seam in the tank roof, off-specification products from the source ...

5. List of pipeline accidents - Wikipedia

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   2010: Dalian Pipeline disaster – The explosion of two petroleum pipelines and subsequent fire in the port of Dalian, in northern China's Liaoning province on Saturday, on July 17, 2010, caused fatalities, damages and an ecological disaster, releasing 11,000 barrels of oil into the Yellow Sea, and covering up, according to different sources, from 50 to 430 km 2 of sea and coast lines.

6. List of natural gas and oil production accidents in the ...

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   January 3, 2018 - An oil tank fire in Madison County. [191] January 24, 2018 - An explosion & fire at an oil rig injures 1, in Karnes County. [192] Feb. 25, 2018 - A lightning strike caused an explosion & fire, at an oil storage facility in Gonzales County. [193] April 3, 2018 - A tank battery fire caught fire from a lightning strike, in Rusk ...

7. Lack of water is hampering LA fire battle. Why not use ocean ...

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   The department's three water tanks, which hold about a million gallons each, ran out Wednesday morning, Janisse Quiñones, chief engineer for the Los Angeles Fire Department of Water and Power ...