Comments on: Recent Fires and Explosions with Natural Gas in the US https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2014/03/15/recent-fires-and-explosions-with-natural-gas-in-the-united-states/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Miranda Murphy https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2014/03/15/recent-fires-and-explosions-with-natural-gas-in-the-united-states/#comment-55295 Miranda Murphy Wed, 19 Mar 2014 04:35:46 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=11277#comment-55295 REGARDING THE FIRST INCIDENT IN THE ARTICLE Your article about the Compressor Station fire in Ritchie county, WV, list incorrect information. My husband is the fire chief of Smithville VFD and they were the only department to respond to this fire. Grantsville VFD (Calhoun) was responding to a brush fire in another part of Ritchie county at the same time, along with another crew from Smithville VFD. They did not respond to the compressor station fire. Thank You, Miranda Murphy REGARDING THE FIRST INCIDENT IN THE ARTICLE

Your article about the Compressor Station fire in Ritchie county, WV, list incorrect information. My husband is the fire chief of Smithville VFD and they were the only department to respond to this fire. Grantsville VFD (Calhoun) was responding to a brush fire in another part of Ritchie county at the same time, along with another crew from Smithville VFD. They did not respond to the compressor station fire.

Thank You, Miranda Murphy

]]> By: SkyLark Update 6 (3/17/2014) https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2014/03/15/recent-fires-and-explosions-with-natural-gas-in-the-united-states/#comment-55186 SkyLark Update 6 (3/17/2014) Tue, 18 Mar 2014 12:11:44 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=11277#comment-55186 <strong>Ice blamed for gas pipeline burst in north east Penna</strong>. LENOX TWP. Susquehanna County, Penna. — Williams, a natural gas pipeline company, has confirmed a gathering pipe line accidentally burst, letting brine escape Thursday in a rural Susquehanna County area. The 37 acre Loomis Lake is nearby. Ice had built up in an above-ground pipeline connection between the Jeffers Farms wells and the Zick Compressor Station near Route 106, causing the pipes to burst, a Williams spokesman said. Williams owns the gathering line and the compressor station. Ice blamed for gas pipeline burst in north east Penna.

LENOX TWP. Susquehanna County, Penna. — Williams, a natural gas pipeline company, has confirmed a gathering pipe line accidentally burst, letting brine escape Thursday in a rural Susquehanna County area. The 37 acre Loomis Lake is nearby.

Ice had built up in an above-ground pipeline connection between the Jeffers Farms wells and the Zick Compressor Station near Route 106, causing the pipes to burst, a Williams spokesman said. Williams owns the gathering line and the compressor station.

]]> By: SkyLark Update 5 (2/14/2014) https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2014/03/15/recent-fires-and-explosions-with-natural-gas-in-the-united-states/#comment-55099 SkyLark Update 5 (2/14/2014) Mon, 17 Mar 2014 21:12:51 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=11277#comment-55099 GAS TANK EXPLOSION ROCKS NORTHERN SMITH COUNTY IN TEXAS RED SPRINGS, SMITH COUNTY, TEXAS (KETK) — Firefighters were on scene of a gas tank explosion in northern Smith County early in the morning on February 14, 2014. The explosion happened around 3:30 a.m., just south of the intersection of Farm to Market Road 16 and Highway 14, across the street from the Tiger Creek Wildlife Refuge. The blast scorched two acres of nearby land and residents in the surrounding area say the explosion shook their homes and woke them up. Although there was talk of evacuating nearby families, authorities were able to cut off the gas allowing residents to stay in their homes. No one was injured but 80 percent of the facility was destroyed. Red Springs Fire Department was assisted by Winona and Lindale officials. The Smith County Fire Marshal is investigating what caused the explosion. http://www.ketknbc.com/news/gas-tank-explosion-rocks-northern-smith-county-ear GAS TANK EXPLOSION ROCKS NORTHERN SMITH COUNTY IN TEXAS

RED SPRINGS, SMITH COUNTY, TEXAS (KETK) — Firefighters were on scene of a gas tank explosion in northern Smith County early in the morning on February 14, 2014. The explosion happened around 3:30 a.m., just south of the intersection of Farm to Market Road 16 and Highway 14, across the street from the Tiger Creek Wildlife Refuge.

The blast scorched two acres of nearby land and residents in the surrounding area say the explosion shook their homes and woke them up. Although there was talk of evacuating nearby families, authorities were able to cut off the gas allowing residents to stay in their homes.

No one was injured but 80 percent of the facility was destroyed. Red Springs Fire Department was assisted by Winona and Lindale officials. The Smith County Fire Marshal is investigating what caused the explosion.

http://www.ketknbc.com/news/gas-tank-explosion-rocks-northern-smith-county-ear

]]> By: SkyLark Update 4 https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2014/03/15/recent-fires-and-explosions-with-natural-gas-in-the-united-states/#comment-54980 SkyLark Update 4 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 01:37:25 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=11277#comment-54980 NATURAL GAS WATCH: It is utterly shocking to discover how many natural gas explosions and fires take place in the United States every month. An internet web-site that keeps track of most "natural gas explosions and fires" can be found at: www.naturalgaswatch.org PITTSBURGH SOUTH HILLS: The house that exploded on February 7th in the Brentwood section of Pittsburgh resulted in burns on the back and face to the resident who survived. NEW JERSEY: The house that exploded on March 11th in the Ewing section of Trenton, NJ, resulted in one death and 7 injured. NATURAL GAS WATCH: It is utterly shocking to discover how many natural gas explosions and fires take place in the United States every month. An internet web-site that keeps track of most “natural gas explosions and fires” can be found at: http://www.naturalgaswatch.org

PITTSBURGH SOUTH HILLS: The house that exploded on February 7th in the Brentwood section of Pittsburgh resulted in burns on the back and face to the resident who survived.

NEW JERSEY: The house that exploded on March 11th in the Ewing section of Trenton, NJ, resulted in one death and 7 injured.

]]> By: SkyLark Update 3 https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2014/03/15/recent-fires-and-explosions-with-natural-gas-in-the-united-states/#comment-54977 SkyLark Update 3 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 01:27:42 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=11277#comment-54977 KENTUCKY: February 13, 2014, a natural gas explosion this date in Adair County KY, destroyed two nearby homes and sent two people to the hospital. The underground gas line exploded at around 1 a.m., leaving a crater in the ground 60 feet deep by 50 feet wide, according to county EMA director. Three homes caught fire and two of them were completely destroyed, along with barns and cars. Approximately 20 homes were evacuated. KENTUCKY: February 13, 2014, a natural gas explosion this date in Adair County KY, destroyed two nearby homes and sent two people to the hospital. The underground gas line exploded at around 1 a.m., leaving a crater in the ground 60 feet deep by 50 feet wide, according to county EMA director. Three homes caught fire and two of them were completely destroyed, along with barns and cars. Approximately 20 homes were evacuated.

]]> By: SkyLark Update 2 https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2014/03/15/recent-fires-and-explosions-with-natural-gas-in-the-united-states/#comment-54972 SkyLark Update 2 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 01:06:36 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=11277#comment-54972 In rural Tyler County, WV, a flash fire at a GAS PIPELINE CLEANING STATION ("pig receiving station") on April 11, 2013 resulted in the death of two workers and two others injured. Dead were Bruce Phipps, 56, and Raymond Miller, 43. The facility belongs to the Eureka Triad Hunter company affiliated with Magnum Hunter Resources. This event was report by www.FrackCheckWV.net on April 15, 2013. In rural Tyler County, WV, a flash fire at a GAS PIPELINE CLEANING STATION (“pig receiving station”) on April 11, 2013 resulted in the death of two workers and two others injured. Dead were Bruce Phipps, 56, and Raymond Miller, 43. The facility belongs to the Eureka Triad Hunter company affiliated with Magnum Hunter Resources. This event was report by http://www.FrackCheckWV.net on April 15, 2013.

]]> By: SkyLark Update 1 https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2014/03/15/recent-fires-and-explosions-with-natural-gas-in-the-united-states/#comment-54970 SkyLark Update 1 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 00:54:37 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=11277#comment-54970 NEW JERSEY: The Williams compressor station exploded Thursday night, May 30th 2013, in Branchburg New Jersey. Some thirteen (13) workers were injured, two seriously. Local residents sensed something wrong the day before the explosion and fire. Gas leaked so loudly from the pipeline that it sounded “like a jet plane about to crash,” said a resident. NEW JERSEY: The Williams compressor station exploded Thursday night, May 30th 2013, in Branchburg New Jersey. Some thirteen (13) workers were injured, two seriously. Local residents sensed something wrong the day before the explosion and fire. Gas leaked so loudly from the pipeline that it sounded “like a jet plane about to crash,” said a resident.

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