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September 23, 2014 - 4 men had severe burns from an explosion at a gas plant pumping station, near Opal, Wyoming. One man died later on. [231] [232] March 16, 2018 - Several oil storage tanks were involved in a fire, in southern Campbell County. [233] Threats and the safety standards of American oil & gas industry [citation needed]
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 ...
When including settlements ($2.1 billion), costs of repairs, deferred production, and fines, the explosion is the world's costliest refinery accident. The direct cause of the explosion was the ignition of a heavy hydrocarbon vapor cloud which emanated from raffinate liquids overflowing from the top of a blowdown stack. The source of ignition ...
On September 13, 2018, excessive pressure in natural gas lines owned by Columbia Gas of Massachusetts caused a series of explosions and fires to occur in as many as 40 homes, with over 80 individual fires, in the towns of Lawrence, Andover, and North Andover, all within the Merrimack Valley, in Massachusetts, United States.
February 9 – Five people were killed, and eight houses were destroyed, in a gas explosion and fire in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The NTSB had warned UGI about cast iron gas mains needing replacement after the 1990 gas explosion in that city. Between 1976 and the date of the letter, July 10, 1992, two more gas explosions occurred.
Gas explosion in a residential building. [103] The explosion was caused by negligence during verification of gas counters. [104] 30 June 2020 Iran: Tehran: 19 6+ 2020 Iran explosions – A gas explosion severely damaged the Sina At'har health center. [105] 6 July 2020 Colombia: Pueblo Viejo: 7 50 A gas truck exploded after it overturned. [106 ...
A methane gas explosion in the Laobaidong coal mine at Datong in the Shanxi province of China killed 684. [62] November 9, 1963: Mitsui Miike Coal Mine disaster. An explosion caused by the ignition of coal dust at the Miike coal mine in Kyushu, Japan. 458 people were killed by the explosion or by carbon monoxide poisoning. 839 others were ...