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 [...]
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 [...]
Natural Gas Leak at Pringle Road SE Now Open
Pringle Road SE is now open following a natural gas leak that occurred around 8 a.m. Thursday near Leslie Middle School, according to a fire radio. The leak, which was reported on Suntree [...]
Evacuation at Holbrook school after Gas Line Hit
Construction workers working on the new Holbrook school hit a gas line Wednesday morning, keeping Holbrook Junior-Senior High School students outside during a planned fire drill. Students already were safe in the [...]
Breckenridge water main break leaves city without water
According to GrahamLeader on August 31st: The City of Breckenridge is without water and under Statge 4 Emergency Water Shortage Conditions restrictions due to a water main break Monday, Aug. 31, afternoon. [...]
Crews Repair Cut Gas Line At Elementary School In Spencer
According to News9 on August 25th: An elementary school was evacuated due to a cut gas line in Spencer, Oklahoma, Tuesday morning. Green Pasture Elementary school, located at 4300 N. Post Road, [...]
Rock Falls school evacuated because of gas leak
According to KWQC-TV6 on August 21st: A gas leak forced students and staff to evacuate a Rock Falls elementary school Friday. According to district superintendent Dan Arickx, a construction project is going [...]
Explosion demolishes part of Washington State hotel
According to WKRC Cincinnati updated August 19th: An explosion demolished part of a Motel 6 in Bremerton, Washington, on Tuesday night — critically injuring a gas company worker just minutes after the [...]
Third power outage in two months affects thousands in Long Beach
According to the Los Angeles Times on August 15th: Almost 19,500 Southern California Edison customers in Long Beach were left without electricity early Saturday morning after an underground cable failed, the utility reported. [...]
A year after the water emergency, Bay City officials focused on improving infrastructure
According to MLive updated on August 10th: Bob Dion, Bay City's water distribution supervisor, is still trying to forget about a taxing three-day search for the source of a water main break [...]
Mismarked Utilities Cause of E. Main, Canal Gas Leak
According to Turlock City News on August 10th: The City of Turlock is reporting that mismarked underground utilities caused a contractor to hit a gas line, causing the large gas leak last [...]
UNDERGROUND VAULT EXPLOSION TRIGGERS POWER OUTAGE IN LONG BEACH FOR 2ND TIME THIS MONTH
According to ABC7 on July 30th: An underground vault explosion triggered a power outage in downtown Long Beach Thursday afternoon for the second time this month, police said. Residents reported hearing a [...]
Gas line ruptures while Jackson crews work to fix water main break
According to WJTV12 update on July 29th: Natural gas is spewing out a hole on Siwell and Terry road in Byram, MS where Jackson crews were working on a water main break. Emergency [...]
Explosions rock city’s electrical grid
According to Richmond-Times Dispatch on July 24th: Lyn Bew noticed white smoke trickling from a manhole cover on Richmond’s East Main Street on Friday morning before he drove over it and parked [...]
Power Restored to 1,700 Customers in Castaic Following Underground Explosion, Fire
According to KTLA5 on July 20th: A power outage in Castaic on Monday night temporarily left 1,747 people in the dark following an explosion and underground fire that were possibly caused by [...]
Day 2 of outage leaves Long Beach residents scavenging for electricity, seeing spoiled food pile up
According to LA Times on July 17th: Preston Andres is one of thousands of Long Beach residents left without power for more than two days this week. He threw out the perishable [...]