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February 11 – A corroded gas line from a gas main leaked, causing an explosion that killed three people at a meat packing plant in Toledo, Ohio. [48] February 27 – A trench-digging machine being used in building a freeway cut into a gasoline pipeline in West Los Angeles, California. At least three people were burned, with nine homes, a ...
Superior Gas installed a 500-US-gallon (1.9 m 3) propane tank at Haynie's personal residence several months before installing a 6,500-US-gallon (25 m 3) system at Ideal Laundry in November, 1946. In the afternoon of November 19, several days after the switch from coal to propane, the tank had been filled to approximately half of its capacity ...
January 6 – A ruptured 2-inch gas line leaking caused a home to explode in Spokane, Washington, killing the homeowner. [189] January 16 – An explosion and fire destroyed five commercial buildings and damaged several other buildings in London, Kentucky. Two persons were injured. External corrosion was suspected as the cause.
LAKE WORTH BEACH — A gas explosion gutted a two-story home in a gated community Friday night, igniting a fire so strong that it melted the plastic picture frames and faux-leather chairs in a ...
A crew working in the basement area of an Ohio building intentionally cut a gas line not knowing it was pressurized before a deadly explosion this week, the National Transportation Safety Board ...
The Madison County Sheriff’s Office gave an update on the fatal house investigation in the town of Lincoln, attributing it to a propane explosion.. At approximately 6:40 p.m. Wednesday, members ...
October 14 – A heavy equipment operator hit a 10-inch Gulf Coast Natural Gas Company line carrying gas at 420 psi near Wharton, Texas. The escaping gas exploded, then burned, but the operator was unhurt. [85] [86] November 6 – A natural gas explosion destroyed a house, in Catskill (town), New York, on November 6. The house had not had ...
The explosion was caused by a leak from a gas plant in a hotel's cellar. The resulting fire burned the three-story frame hotel to the ground. [17] June 26 – In Estes Park, Colorado, an explosion of gas in the Stanley Hotel endangered the lives of 20 guests and fatally injured one. The Stanley, a new $500,000 four-story hotel lighted by ...