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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]
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 ...
November 3 – Amoco Pipeline was fined $12,500 for a 1971 pipeline leak that contaminated a drinking well and caused other pollution problems for people living near Garfield, Minnesota. [ 112 ] November 30 – A building in Truckee, California exploded from a failure in a propane distribution system. 1 person was killed, 8 more were injured ...
The cause was an explosion following a propane tank leak. [7] On March 1, 1965, the LaSalle Heights Disaster occurred when a gas line fractured in a low-cost residential neighborhood near Montreal, Quebec, killing 28 people and injuring dozens. On January 9, 1968, in Reading, Pennsylvania, an explosion killed nine persons and demolished two ...
Multiple people were injured after a propane tank exploded in Rochester, Michigan, on Saturday night in an incident that officials are saying was accidental. ... Police said the cause of the ...
“Authorities notified us of a significant propane leak in the vicinity, prompting us to take immediate action to safeguard the residents under our care,” according to a Facebook post made by ...
December 9 – A Phillips Petroleum Company propane pipeline leaked, in Franklin County, Missouri, causing the 1970 propane vapor cloud explosion in Port Hudson. The leak led to a propane cloud explosion, with a force estimated up to 50 tons of TNT. The NTSB cited past external and internal corrosion issues, and poor welds on the uncoated ...
Nov. 3—Four people were injured in an explosion at an Orland home Friday that investigators said was likely due to a propane leak. The explosion, reported around 9:20 a.m. at 102 Soper Road ...