Durham Gas Explosion Leaves 1 Dead, 17 Injured
April 10, 2019 DURHAM, N.C. -- A gas explosion killed 1 person and injured 17 others, including a Durham firefighter, in downtown Durham on Wednesday. Durham Mayor Steve Schewel pointed out [...]
Kilgore College Evacuated after Gas Leak
According to an official with CenterPoint Energy, a construction crew was working when they hit a natural gas line around 9:30 a.m near Kilgore College. Several buildings on the east side of [...]
Construction Crew Strikes Gas Line at American University
A construction crew struck a gas line causing a leak on the American University campus Wednesday morning. There were no reports of injuries. The leak led to building evacuations and road closures [...]
Sewage Discharge from Texas A&M Campus Dorm
Texas A&M University has discovered a sewage leak on campus that apparently began in 2017, university officials announced Wednesday. A sanitary sewer line from Whitely Hall had been improperly connected to a [...]
Montgomery College Germantown Reopening after Gas Leak
WASHINGTON — Classes at the Germantown campus of Montgomery College will resume at 5 p.m. after a large gas leak prompted several buildings and hundreds of students to be evacuated Monday morning. [...]
Forney Hospital Evacuated after Gas Leaks from Sewer Line
A Forney hospital was evacuated Tuesday after a gas leak in the surrounding area. Two patients and staff at Baylor Scott & White Emergency Center were cleared from the building on U.S. Highway 80 [...]
Gas Explosion, Fire Caused By A Construction Crew Kills Firefighter
A massive natural gas explosion killed a firefighter and leveled portions of a city block in a southern Wisconsin community, including a bar the firefighter owned, authorities said Wednesday. The blast [...]
Waxahachie Home Explosion: New Details
The Fire Marshal says a contractor sawed through a gas line causing the home explosion in Waxahachie last week on Arabian Road. After the line was cut, natural gas flowed into a sewer [...]
400 Cars Flooded After Water Main Breaks
As many as 400 cars were flooded early Thursday after a main break sent water gushing into the parking garage of a residential building at East 57th Street and Second Avenue in [...]
Failing infrastructure imperils Drinking Water Systems
Deep inside a 70-year-old water-treatment plant, drinking water for Iowa’s capital city is cleansed of harmful nitrates that come from the state’s famously rich farmland. Without Des Moines Water Works, the central Iowa [...]
Gas Leak at McDowell High School Disrupts Homecoming
A gas leak put homecoming celebrations temporarily on hold at McDowell High School early Friday morning. A construction crew hit a gas line while working at the high school. Students and staff [...]
Crew hits gas line, force Seguin High School evacuation
A ruptured gas line shut down Seguin High School early Tuesday afternoon after an evacuation. Crews working on the new high school struck a 2-inch gas line at about 2:30 p.m. in [...]
Former Scores strip club property owner settles with Columbia Gas after 2012 Springfield explosion
Nearly three years after a natural gas explosion sent exotic dancers and the staff of Scores scrambling for cover, stripper shoes and rubble sailing in a plume over the downtown, the owner of [...]
Gas Line Explosion Sends Two to Hospital
Two people were flown to the hospital with severe burns after gas line explosion at a plant in Osseo. The gas line explosion happened around 1:15 Tuesday afternoon at Kings Valley Ag. [...]
Damaged utility lines offer clues to cause of Waxahachie blast
In the minutes after a Waxahachie blast, the home was reduced to rubble by a violent explosion Monday morning, neighbors here and around North Texas wondered who was to blame for hurting three [...]
Woman says no one will fix water main break damaging home
A Nashville woman says a water main break at a nearby apartment complex is forcing water onto her property, causing major damage to her home. Erica Waters told News 2 she can’t [...]
Cleanup Continues After Massive Water Main Break
Cleanup efforts continued in North Philadelphia Sunday morning after a four-foot water main burst Saturday night, pouring millions of gallons of water into the street. Saturday's break, which happened about 8 p.m. near [...]
Birkdale Construction Causes Water Main Break
Construction work caused a water main break at Birkdale Village on Thursday, according to the Huntersville Fire Department. The incident happened on the 16700 block of Birkdale Commons Parkway, near Townley Road. [...]
UPDATE: Water main break affects 500 customers in M’ville
A water main break late Thursday afternoon affected 500 Indiana America Water customers and forced the closure of a road near the Hickory Ridge Lake Apartments in Merrillville, officials said. Cleveland Street [...]
Overnight gas leak shuts down Indian School
An overnight gas leak has shut down Indian School Road between 32nd and 34th Street. The Phoenix Fire Department says crews from the city's water department were doing maintenance work near the intersection when [...]