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November 9 – A jet fuel pipeline ruptured near the Blue Creek in Idaho. Fuel flowed down the creek, and later ignited, damaging one home and destroying six bridges. Several people fell sick from the fumes. [69] [70] December 14 – A leaking and burning gas line under a street led to several explosions at a hotel in Allentown, Pennsylvania ...
July 17 – A West Shore Pipe Line petroleum products pipeline burst near Jackson, Wisconsin, releasing about 54,000 gallons of gasoline. At least one family self evacuated due to the leak. At least 44 water wells nearby were contaminated from benzine in the gasoline, including a municipal well. A LF-ERW seam failure was suspected as the cause ...
Before being fully contained, the fuel oil had flowed into the Rapidan River and then into the Rappahannock River, a source of drinking water for the City of Fredericksburg. [5] [6] March 7 – Sabotage during a labor strike was suspected in a gasoline pipeline explosion in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. The following fire burned for about 17 hours ...
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.
August 15 – An El Paso Natural Gas gas transmission pipeline exploded and burned in Coolidge, Arizona. 2 people were killed and another was seriously burned. [24] October 23 – A bulldozer operator hit a gas line, at a shopping center under construction in Brenham, Texas. This resulted in a fire engulfing the bulldozer.
A McKean Township man whose home was destroyed by fire early Thursday morning is accused by the Pennsylvania State Police of creating a greater risk to the area by toppling a large natural gas ...
1959: On July 1, a petroleum pipeline exploded, and burned for 7 hours in Coatzacoalcos. 12 people were killed, and 100 more injured. [64] [65] 1978: On November 1, a gas pipeline exploded and burned, killing 52 people in colonia Benito Juarez, Mexico, and injuring 11 in a town of only 100 people. The failure created a crater 300 feet wide and ...
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 ...