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Damage by a contractor to the gas lines and gas mains in the area was thought to be the cause. [200] May 6 – A gas pipeline in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that had been moved, was undergoing pressure testing when a cap on it blew off, hitting and rupturing another nearby gas pipeline. That pipeline exploded and burned, killing two workers ...
April 17, 2017 – A severed flow line, from a gas well, leads to a gas explosion in a home, killing 2 people, in Firestone, Colorado. [32] [33] May 8, 2017 – Fire broke out at a tank for a fracking well near Greeley. [34] May 25, 2017 – An oil tank explosion and fire in northern Colorado killed a worker, and burned three others. [35]
A refinery owned by Gulf Oil Corporation in Philadelphia, located [1] at Girard Point on the Schuylkill River in South Philadelphia, caught fire on Sunday, August 17, 1975. [2] [3] [4] This incident grew into an 11-alarm fire, not brought under control until 24 hours later, and resulted in the death of eight firefighters [5] of the Philadelphia Fire Department (PFD), injuries to 14 other ...
A man was seriously injured when an underground fuel tank exploded at a Broward gas station Tuesday afternoon, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office Fire Rescue.
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.
A firefighter approaching a house on fire in Plainfield Township, Michigan, early on July 4 was stopped in his tracks by a massive explosion, dramatic video released by the Plainfield Fire ...
Hazmat crews at a Marathon petroleum plant worked to contain a fire and chemical leak that forced Louisiana residents within a 2-mile radius of the facility to evacuate their homes, schools and ...
The cause seemed to be internal corrosion. [5] July 28 – A gas line explosion and fire occurred in Martin County, Texas, which injured four workers. A ditching truck hit an existing high-pressure gas line, causing an explosion and fire. [6] July 29 – A contractor ruptured a gas pipeline in Mont Belvieu, Texas, causing an explosion and fire ...