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Officials said the initial call related to the chemical leak went out at 12:46 p.m. Tuesday and a spokesperson for Central Railroad of Indiana was notified around 1 p.m. that the railcar was ...
A chemical gas leak from a rail tanker near Cincinnati prompted fears of an explosion and evacuation orders for people within at least a half-mile radius of the incident.
Nicor Gas was founded in 1955 and it is the largest natural gas distributor in northern Illinois, serving 2.2 million residential, commercial and industrial customers in more than 650 communities. [6] Nicor Gas customers are connected to a 34,000 mile distribution system that is part of a network of eight interstate pipelines.
October 11 – Two Nicor Gas workers were injured and two townhouse units were destroyed in a massive fire and explosion caused by a gas leak in Romeoville, Illinois. [387] October 17 – An 8-inch ammonia pipeline started leaking near Tekamah, Nebraska. A farmer living nearby went to find the source of the ammonia and was killed by entering ...
May 5 – A leak occurred in a relief line, at a Keystone Pipeline Terminal in Beaumont, Texas. About 18,500 gallons of crude oil were spilled. The cause seemed to be internal corrosion. [5] July 28 – A gas line explosion and fire occurred in Martin County, Texas, which injured four workers. A ditching truck hit an existing high-pressure gas ...
A number of the explosions in recent years were found to originate from leaks on the customer-owned portion of the gas lines, according to Railroad Commission documents.
Nicor Gas is an energy company headquartered in Naperville, Illinois. Its largest subsidiary, Nicor Gas, is a natural gas distribution company. Founded in 1954, the company serves more than two million customers in a service territory that encompasses most of the northern third of Illinois, excluding the city of Chicago. Nicor Gas has 34,000 ...
A gas leak appears to have caused a large explosion in downtown Youngstown, Ohio, on Tuesday afternoon, reportedly blowing out the bottom floor of a 13-story building and injuring at least seven ...