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All of the workers were either at blocks B or C of the mine during the explosion. During the initial rescue, large amounts of methane gas were discharged within both blocks. The emission rate was greater in Block B, where rescuers were unable to enter. [9] Forty-seven workers were in Block B and 22 were in Block C during the explosion. [10]
A balloon filled with gaseous hydrogen exploding.. A gas explosion is the ignition of a mixture of air and flammable gas, typically from a gas leak. [1] In household accidents, the principal explosive gases are those used for heating or cooking purposes such as natural gas, methane, propane, butane.
The Ulyanovskaya Mine disaster was caused by a methane explosion that occurred on March 19, 2007 in the Ulyanovskaya longwall coal mine in the Kemerovo Oblast. At least 108 [ 1 ] people were reported to have been killed by the blast, which occurred at a depth of about 270 meters (885 feet) at 10:19 local time (3:19 GMT ).
A methane explosion occurred at the Hlobane Colliery, Natal, South Africa on 12 September 1983, killing 68 miners. The disaster occurred on the 39th anniversary of a similar explosion in 1944 where 57 miners were killed at the same mine. [1]
The Abbeystead disaster occurred on the evening of 23 May 1984 when a methane gas explosion destroyed a waterworks' valve house at Abbeystead, Lancashire, England, killing 16 people. [1] A group of 44 visitors were inside the underground building at the time, attending a public presentation by North West Water Authority (NWWA) to demonstrate ...
Aliso Canyon SS 25 wellhead, December 17, 2015. Note subsidence craters at center, apparently from the attempts to plug the leaking well. The Aliso Canyon gas leak (also called Porter Ranch gas leak [1] and Porter Ranch gas blowout [2]) was a massive methane leak in the Santa Susana Mountains near the neighborhood of Porter Ranch in the city of Los Angeles, California.
Around 12:25 PM on 7 June 1965, methane gas exploded at the Orasi mine shaft of the Kakanj mine. [1] The explosion caused a cave-in. At the moment of explosion, there were 183 miners in the shaft. That evening, it was reported that 114 were killed, and thirty were wounded. [1] On 8 June, the number of victims rose to 125. [2]
Damp is the collective name given to all gases (other than air) found in coal mines in Great Britain and North America. [1]As well as firedamp, other damps include blackdamp (nonbreathable mixture of carbon dioxide, water vapour and other gases); whitedamp (carbon monoxide and other gases produced by combustion); poisonous, explosive stinkdamp (hydrogen sulfide), with its characteristic rotten ...