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New York Telephone Company building explosion: 3 October 1962: Stationary power United States: New York City, New York: 23: 94 [61] PNKA CC 5002 (Bendul Explosion) 11 April 1968 Locomotive Indonesia: Purwakarta, West Java: 6 1 USS Basilone: 5 February 1973: Marine (military) United States: 7: Deutsche Reichsbahn 01 1516: 27 November 1977 ...
Boiler explosions are common in sinking ships once the hot boiler touches cold sea water, as the sudden cooling of the hot metal causes it to crack; for instance, when the SS Benlomond was torpedoed by a U-boat, the torpedoes and resulting boiler explosion caused the ship to go down in two minutes, leaving Poon Lim as the only survivor in a ...
BLEVE–fireball, 2008 Toronto propane explosion The following is a list of boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE) accidents. It shows whether the accident occurred during dangerous goods transportation or at a fixed facility, the accident origin (e.g., storage, process reactor, rail tank car, tank truck), the material involved, its amount, the number of fatalities, and whether a ...
A small explosion in a basement boiler at a University of Nevada, Reno dormitory triggered a much larger natural gas blast last week that left part of the building looking like an earthquake had ...
January 31 – In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a natural gas explosion killed five and injured at least 18; others were missing in the rubble of the 20 buildings wrecked. A week before the explosion, residents of the area had been threatening legal action against the Fuel Gas company due to the persistent leakage from the gas mains. [45]
On October 13 the cool weather of autumn returned, the day care requested that the heat be turned on, and maintenance staff relit the boiler not realizing it was empty. This caused a boiler explosion thirty minutes later. In 1982, the Atlanta Housing Authority settled out-of-court for $800,000 with ten families seeking damages.
Two Houston homeowners are seeking answers after a municipal water tank burst, flooding their homes. With insurance claims denied and the utility district citing government immunity, they may need ...
Factory boiler explosion. [182] 7 January 2022 China: Chongqing, Yuzhong District: 16 10 Chongqing explosion – Gas explosion in a housing block which contained a canteen. [183] [184] 13 January 2022 Canada: Southern Ottawa, Ontario: 6 2 Explosion and fire on Block 1900, Merivale Road, at Eastway Tank, Pump and Meter Ltd. [185] [186] 20 ...