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An explosion at one of the homes involved caused the house to shift off of its foundation. This in turn caused the chimney attached to fall on a car occupied by a fleeing resident, killing him. In addition to this death, twenty-five others were reported injured overall from the whole event. [14] [15] [4] All of the fires were put out by 6:45 pm ...
Reportedly, a former gas technician caused the explosion due to a dispute with his former employers. On May 11, 2004, the Stockline Plastics Factory in the Maryhill area of Glasgow was destroyed by a gas explosion. The cause was found by a Health and Safety Executive report to be the ignition of gas from a ruptured pipe. Nine people were killed ...
During the days prior to the explosion, some residents reported smelling natural gas in the area. [34] [46] A source within PG&E reported a break in natural gas line number 132 caused the explosion. At the time of the explosion, the pressure within that part of the pipeline was 386–386.4 psi (2.661–2.664 MPa).
A house explosion in East Flatbush, Brooklyn left at least four people hurt and two other homes evacuated. ... Fire marshals determined the explosion was likely caused by a natural gas leak in the ...
Two people were killed and one person was injured in an explosion at a house in Bel Air, Maryland, Sunday morning, officials said. ... check out a report of a gas leak and the home's 73-year-old ...
Two people were killed and 12 families displaced after a Maryland house exploded Sunday amid reports of a possible gas leak, fire officials said. Firefighters were called to the area around 6:40 a ...
Earlier plumbing work was thought to have caused the gas line damage. [81] May 21. A 6-inch gas-gathering pipeline ruptured at the edge of a rural road south of Meridian, Mississippi. Three vehicles entered the area which contained the escaping gas, and stalled near the rupture. The gas ignited at 10:05 p.m., and five persons died as a result.
January 6 – A house in Garnett, Kansas was destroyed by an explosion, and later on gas was found leaking from a 2-inch gas line in the street front of it, and was thought to be the cause. A young boy was killed. The same leak may have caused another nearby house explosion the previous November. [134]