Archives by Tag 'Explosion'

Recent Gas Explosions Raise Questions of U.S. Pipeline Safety

A series of natural gas explosions has raised questions about the safety of the nation’s aging pipeline system. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has scheduled a hearing March 1-3 concerning results of an investigation into a San Bruno, CA pipeline explosion caused by a faulty pipe and will discuss concerns about the pipeline infrastructure [...]

Poor Welds Found in Gas Pipe Explosion that Killed 8 People, Injured 50, Destroyed 37 Homes

A government investigation into a gas pipe explosion last September that caused the death of eight people and destroyed 37 homes in a California neighborhood has found weld defects in pipeline recovered from the site. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a report on the September 9, 2010 incident in which a 30-inch [...]

Propane Recall, Lack of Odor May Lead to Fire, Explosion or Burns

A processor of propane gas, also known as liquefied petroleum (LP) gas, has issued a recall of its propane sold in portable tanks and propane delivered to storage tanks because the company failed to add a sufficient amount of an odorant intended to alert consumers of a gas leak. Failure to detect leaking gas can [...]

Philly Gas Explosion Kills 1 and Injures 5

The explosion of a gas main in a Philadelphia suburb has left one person dead and five others injured. After reports of a gas smell in the Tacony neighborhood in Northeast Philly just before 7:30pm Tuesday, employees from the Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW) and the Philadelphia Fire Department responded to the scene and discovered a [...]