Utility, Subcontractor Blamed for Explosion
According to the Courthouse News Service on July 27th: A utility company and its subcontractor are responsible for the death of a woman and the destruction of several houses caused by a [...]
New York prison escape rings familiar in Indiana
According to Indianapolis Star on June 12th: The news reports from New York of an underground escape by dangerous inmates from a prison built before the Civil War has an all too [...]
The maximum-security-prison escape by 2 murderers is ‘mind-boggling’ — ‘They’d need help’
According to Business Insider on June 9th: A prison break at a maximum-security facility in New York is baffling authorities who are now frantically searching for two murderers on the loose several [...]
California Fines PG&E $1.6 Billion for Deadly Gas Explosion
According to The Wall Street Journal: A California regulator fined PG&E Corp. $1.6 billion for a deadly natural-gas explosion in a San Francisco suburb in 2010, marking the largest penalty ever levied against a [...]
California City Hit By Gas Explosion Backs Tougher Penalty
According to the San Francisco Examiner: Officials of a San Francisco suburb hit by a deadly 2010 gas-line blast said Tuesday they support a proposal to raise the financial penalty against the [...]
Brooklyn Bridge Closed After Gas Pipe Ruptures
According to the New York Post: Workers accidentally hit a gas pipe in downtown Brooklyn Saturday morning, starting a leak that shut down traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge, officials said. A high-pressure [...]
Downtown D.C. Water Main Break Sends Water Gushing Into Air
According to NBC 4 Washington: A water main break in downtown D.C. sent water gushing into the air and onto Interstate 395. A construction crew struck the water main... sending water pouring [...]
Homes Evacuated After Huge Sinkhole Opens Up In South Amboy
According to CBS New York: Three homes were evacuated Tuesday morning after a large sinkhole swallowed a car in South Amboy. Video from the scene showed a small SUV covered in mud [...]
Neighbors Say They Are Concerned About Gas Leaks Following Upper Arlington Explosion
According to 10 TV News: ... the persistent smell of rotten eggs detected more than a year ago.
Home Destroyed, Several People Hurt in Gas Explosion
According to Fox 28 News: A natural gas explosion felt for miles away blew an Upper Arlington home to bits Saturday afternoon. As many as seven neighboring homes sustained damage, as well... several [...]
Underground Explosions Toss Manhole Covers
According to IndyStar News: A utility consultant warned three years ago that manhole explosions would continue to rock Downtown Indianapolis three to five times a year and that Indianapolis Power & Light [...]
Passaic Valley Hits Record For Water Main Breaks
According to NorthJersey.com: The water commission responded to 100 water main breaks during January and February, which the agency says shattered the record set last year, when 86 lines burst during the [...]
Fatal Ewing Gas Explosion: PSE&G, Contractor Hit With Largest Fines in State BPU History
According to NJ.com: PSE&G and subcontractor Henkels & McCoy were hit Wednesday with the largest fines ever issued by the state Board of Public Utilities for safety violations that led to the [...]
Water Main Break in Leads to the Discovery of a Sinkhole
According to NBC (KGNS News) TV: Repair crews in Corpus Christi are working to fix a water main break that opened up a huge sinkhole early Tuesday morning. Around 4:15 the car [...]
Campus gas leak caused by construction site accident
According to The State News: The natural gas leak at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory construction site that prompted an evacuation of the site and closure of nearby sections of Wilson Road and Bogue Street was caused [...]
Gas Leak Concerns – Bubbling Up From the Ground
According to Fox Boston: ... a gas leak in Canton left bubbles gurgling through cracks on the street... These leaks are concerning for multiple reasons, according to McKain, including safety, waste of [...]
Several Buildings Evacuated for Natural Gas Leak in NW D.C.
According to NBC Washington:
Fifth gas line rupture in Vienna construction zone brings evacuation
According to NBC News (WFMJ): ... this is the fifth gas line break within the area under construction. ... the crews hit a two-inch line that was miss-marked. Local employees affected by [...]
Excavator Damages Gas Line at Construction Site
According to CTV News: Workers ruptured a one-inch gas line at a condo construction site a block away from a similar incident only a week earlier.
NYC Service Marks Anniversary of Gas Blast That Killed 8
According to ABC News: "In the days after the blast, federal investigators found a leak in a gas main that had parts dating back to 1887."