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The cause was an explosion following a propane tank leak. [7] On March 1, 1965, the LaSalle Heights Disaster occurred when a gas line fractured in a low-cost residential neighborhood near Montreal, Quebec, killing 28 people and injuring dozens. On January 9, 1968, in Reading, Pennsylvania, an explosion killed nine people and demolished two ...
The burning propane gas escaping from the valve connection on the rail car quickly heated the liquid propane inside, increasing the tank pressure. This in turn increased the leak and fire, further heating the tank car. [1] The Kingman Fire Department responded, and began setting up attack lines to cool the propane car.
The Juba tank truck explosion was a tank truck explosion that occurred on 17 September 2015 in a suburb of Juba, the capital of South Sudan. It killed an estimated 176 people, most casualties coming from the crowd that had converged on the scene of the leaking tank truck. The Red Cross dispatched aid to the suburb of Maridi after the incident.
Multiple people were injured after a propane tank exploded in Rochester, Michigan, on Saturday night in an incident that officials are saying was accidental.
The Los Alfaques disaster was caused by the explosion of a road tanker near a holiday campsite on 11 July 1978 in Alcanar, Spain.The exploding truck, which was carrying 23 tons of highly flammable liquefied propylene, killed 215 people and severely burned 200 more.
Roughly 81 million people live within a quarter-mile of an underground storage tank that's experienced at least one leak, based on the latest EPA data. Most tanks were made of steel in the mid ...
The Feyzin disaster occurred in a refinery near the town of Feyzin, 10 kilometres (6 miles) south of Lyon, France, on 4 January 1966. An LPG spill occurred when an operator was draining water from a 1,200m³ pressurised propane tank. The resultant cloud of propane vapour spread, until it
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