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Boca Raton, FL
A workman from Florida Power and Light ruptured a gas line sending flames shooting ten feet in the air while digging in a residential area. Residents from nearby homes were evacuated and the neighborhood was closed. |
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Cary, NC
January 10, 2007
A truck was engulfed in flames as a fireball shot into the air fed by natural gas from a punctured line. A contractor drilling at the site struck an 8-inch steel main. |
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Cheyenne, WY
Residential and consumer long-distance telephone service was cut off after an auger digging a sign post hole ripped through fiber-optic cable. The auger hit fiber-optic cable, which wrapped around the shaft.
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Coats, NC
Workers with a subcontractor for the North Carolina Department of Transportation accidentally cut a telephone cable while installing a water line, leaving area residents without land line and cellular service. The owner of the construction company said the phone cable markings were faded and that the telephone line crossed where the water line was to be installed.
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Eldersburg, MD
Construction workers struck a gas line and electrical cable causing a major fire while installing sewer lines and hit the electric and gas lines causing an explosion. Nearby homes were evacuated and a local grocery store lost electrical service. |
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Fairfax, VA
Members of the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Technical Rescue Team extricate a Dominion Virginia Power worker who fell 20 feet at a work site. |
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Noblesville, IN
A broken gas line sparked a large fire that destroyed a highway construction storage facility and resulted in $1 million in damage. The line was ruptured by workers drilling in the area where there were no utility markings in the area. |
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Chico, CA
November 13, 2007
A backhoe operator cut into a main gas line buried about two feet down at Glenshire Park, a community of single-family homes under construction. The natural gas main rupture caused flames to shoot toward a recently framed home, but firefighters kept it from burning by hosing down the roof.
Electric lines buried with the gas line were also reportedly cut and apparently caused a spark that ignited the gas. |
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Cass County, MI
December 19, 2006
An apprentice lineman was killed in a gas line explosion. The worker died from injuries he sustained after the trencher he was operating hit a high-pressure natural gas line in Union. He was part of a three-man crew running primary service to a home. The other linemen were not injured. Officials determined that a contract worker had punctured a natural gas line owned and operated by A&R Pipeline. |
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Westbrook, ME
February 15, 2008
Emergency crews were able to cap a gas leak in downtown Westbrook at about 2:30 PM. The gas leak at Spring Street and William Clarke led to the evacuation of downtown buildings and snarled traffic for several hours.
A utility crew hit a high-pressure gas main around 10 AM, breaking the line.
The rupture apparently occurred when a Verizon crew struck the gas line while drilling a hole for a utility pole. When the line erupted, debris blew across three lanes of traffic, a worker said.
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Kiezer, OR
A worker driving a heavy piece of construction equipment struck a six-inch gas line.
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Madill, OK
A home was leveled after a worker hit a gas line while trying to repair a sewer line.
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Burning Road Grader (1989)
Lebanon, MO
This tragic accident killed a 41-year-old road grader
operator who struck a 10-inch propane pipeline while doing ditch maintenance
near the town of Lebanon, MO in the Missouri Ozarks.
Photo credit: Mike Wingo, Springfield Daily News
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Burning Bulldozer (1985)
Midland, TX
This bulldozer was clearing mesquite from pasture land with a root plow when
it hit an 8-inch natural gas liquids pipeline, which was 22 inches deep. The
impact cut the top off a section of the line. The bulldozer operator escaped
before the gas ignited which happened about three minutes after impact. The
bulldozer engine, which had not been turned off, caused the ignition. The
farmer had not called for a locate before starting to clear the land to
convert it to cropland.
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Photo Credit: R. D. Lane
Maintenance Supervisor, Phillips
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Saint Paul Fire (1993)
St. Paul, MN
On July 22, 1993 a backhoe struck a gas line as
a city crew was repairing a sewer in St. Paul. Despite efforts to evacuate
nearby buildings, 3 people died and 11 were injured in the ensuing explosion.
Hand digging is required by many state laws to safely expose underground
lines for excavation equipment operators.
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Photo Credit: Steve Maxim, Grand Rapids Press
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Watermain Rupture (1992)
Jenison, MI
Power company crews replacing a pole augered through
a water main in Jenison, MI. This dramatic scene shows the geyser that
resulted when the main, carrying water at 70 PSI of pressure was punctured.
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not used for commercial purposes.
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Photo Credit: Larry Gagnon |
Gusher With Backhoe (1999)
Poway, CA
A backhoe was engulfed by a million gallons of water after hitting a 24-inch
water main. The backhoe was being used to prepare ground for a new housing
division. The escaping water sprayed onto a road, causing the road to
be closed for 11 hours. City workers were able to make temporary repairs
on the main and the road surface to allow the road to be reopened. A city
official said that if investigations showed that the subdivision developer
was at fault, that company would have to compensate the city for all repair
expenses.
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Gravel Pit Scene (1990)
Simms, MT
The operator of this bulldozer died of burns a few
hours after he hit a 12-inch natural gas pipeline near Simms, MT. He was
working in a gravel pit as part of a highway construction project. The
line had been marked, but apparently the marks were obliterated at the
point where it was struck.
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Bogged Backhoe (1989)
This bogged backhoe became stuck on a pipeline right
of way when it tried to rescue another stuck vehicle near Hopkinton, MA.
The 9-ton backhoe sank five feet into the mud and directly on top of a
pipeline. A larger tracker backhoe was brought in and positioned on a
platform of timbers while it retrieved the mired equipment. The pipeline
was not damaged.
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Wall of Fire (1988)
Kemah, TX
One of the all-time classic pipeline accident photos,
this scene is a result of a propane gas explosion that injured three workers.
They were installing a new pipeline parallel to the propane line near
Kemah, TX. Apparently the weight of the tracked backhoe shown here caused
a leak in the propane line and welding equipment ignited the leaking gas.
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Harwich, MA
Several homes were evacuated after Verizon workers installing a new telephone pole struck a gas line. Gas can be seen sprouting from the hole.
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Azle, TX
City maintenance workers ruptured a natural gas line as they attempted to repair a water main. Gas was escaping in a plume made visible by a small amount of water and mud mixed in the vapor, the fire chief said.
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Fort Collins, CO
A fire fed by a broken natural gas line in Fort Collins was snuffed out after burning for more than five hours. The fire erupted after an excavator ruptured the 4-inch gas line.
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Frisco, TX
A construction worker was hospitalized after a construction crew struck an 8-inch natural gas line. A Frisco spokeswoman said flames were shooting 30 feet in the air as crew worked to cap the line.
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South Bend, IN
A gas leak at a University forced people to evacuate six buildings. Officials said workers tried to repair a water main break and accidentally hit a gas line.
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