A federal formula assumes a person will flee from a pipeline explosion within five seconds ... The agency said in its report that flames from high-pressure pipelines mostly shoot horizontally ...

“We almost lost six firefighters today.” Beer said a rupture in a high-pressure 10-inch gas line could continue to fuel the fire into the evening. “The building is out, but the ...

The explosion, according to the report, occurred when Central Hudson's third-party contractors struck an unmarked natural gas service line and caused a high-pressure gas leak while conducting ...

“There’s a 10-inch high-pressure gas line at about ... firefighters almost lost their lives in the explosion. They left the building thanks to gas meters on their equipment just before the ...

It wasn’t until after the explosion that the notes were ... gas presents unique safety issues because natural gas is stored at very high pressure — more than 3,000 pounds per square inch.

Gas Explosion Levels a Home in a Kansas City Suburb After a Gas Main Is Hit A gas explosion leveled a home on Wednesday evening in a Kansas City suburb after a gas main was damaged. City officials ...

Downtown Fort Worth also saw another gas explosion nearly two decades ... an Atmos subcontractor had mistakenly connected a low-pressure line to a high-pressure line, causing a surge and then ...

causing a fire and explosion. Crews were using a road compactor in the area and ran over and ruptured a high pressure gas pipeline near the intersection. SEE ALSO: Oakland firefighters battled 125 ...

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