It’s in Hood County and WFAA has the news
UPDATE:
CLEBURNE, Texas – Three people were killed and several others injured after a natural gas line in north Texas erupted Monday, spewing a massive flames into the air, officials said.
Cleburne City Manager Chester Nolen told The Associated Press that at least three people died “and there could be more.” An unknown number of people remain unaccounted for, he said.
The heat was “unbearable,” even 300 yards from the flames, Nolen said. A column of gray smoke was visible miles away.
People! 1000 foot setback is NOT enough!
Officials: No fatalities confirmed in Johnson County gas line explosion
By TANYA EISERER / The Dallas Morning News
Enterprise Products is the operator. They are out of Houston.
“It normally would be [marked],” Snow said of the gas line. “How this happened, we do not know. We will have investigators that will be checking into it to find out exactly … If all the steps were followed prior to digging.”
From the comments:
Look at page 4 of this report:
http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/2003/PAR0301.pdfThe campers were fatally burned here, yet they were about 700 feet from that gas pipeline rupture!
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Supposedly they hit the pipeline with a backhoe…flames originally shot up 1000 ft. Any idea what company this was or who's pipeline?
It was only a matter of time, right? I've already got a lawyer lined up to sue the hell out of the City of Arlington and Chesepeake if there is an accident or problem with the well next to us.
Early reports had it being an electrical crew hitting the gas pipeline. Both entities have not been announced yet.
Enforcing the call before digging rules is a National weakness.
Last I heard, it was an electric company that drilled down and hit the line.
I have a well going in literally a stone's throw behind my house…there are probably 10 wells within a 10 mile radiusof my house.
Nothing like sitting in the middle of a whole bunch of potential explosions.
When are we going to realize that we need to start pouring money into non-polluting, much less dangerous forms of energy such as wind and solar? All the tax money we've spent subsidizing gas and oil companies, many of which make billions of profits–if we'd kept subsidizing renewables instead, we'd be so far ahead of the rest of the world now….
An electric company hits a gas pipe line so sue the city and gas company? I'm confused. OneCall ring a bell?
It's confirmed that's it's an Enterprise Products 36 inch gas pipeline that was hit.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/07/texas.gas.line.fire/?hpt=T1
One Call laws get ignored very often. The TRRC is not any better than other agencies in preventing these dig in accidents.
What if this happened in Denton County or Tarrant County or any other area with a large population? Thousands of people could be in the blast zone. Yet they keep telling us this is safe???
This was pretty far from the Comanche Peak reactor? Nothing like flames, vibration, earthquake, etc. near that…
Look at page 4 of this report:
http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/2003/PAR0301.pdf
The campers were fatally burned here, yet they were about 700 feet from that gas pipeline rupture!
DAMN!!! 900 ft????
That must be HOT! How did they turn this off?
The pipeline company shuts the nearest valves on both sides, and waits for the fire to go out. That can be minutes to hours.
Attacking a pipeline fire with water is too dangerous in this situation, for ANY hot object could cause a reflash. Note the glowing ground in the videos:
http://www.wfaa.com/news/investigates/Procedures-in-place-to-prevent-pipeline-tragedies-95819844.html
http://www.wfaa.com/video?id=95810269&sec=553117
What would such a blast do to that man fighting CHK on Carter Ave. in FW and all those precious Carter Ave. Kids, who would have been either playing right on top of the proposed 16-inch-diameter gathering-pipeline/s since school is out OR "safely inside" their homes just 10 to 30 FEET away from the pipelines (per easement contract terms, CHK plans to place as many lines as possible)? Other families living across the street are just about 50-80 FEET AWAY from the pipelines. Plus there are the mazes of utility gas lines, electrical lines, water lines, and SEWER lines that would have been blown up as well. Wonder if these are things that help drive that man's valiant fight ?
Everyone in Ft. Worth will be near a pipeline soon. They are crisscrossing the city. You probably live near one and don't realize it. When safety experts visited Ft. Worth a few months ago the first question they asked was what were the size and pressure of the various lines. Rick Trice of the city of Ft. worth asked them why they wanted that information. They told him that was the only way to calculate the blast zone. Mr. Trice and the city of Ft. Worth don't want the blast zones calculated. Gee, I wonder why? Might be a political hot potato. What do you think?
Well if a guy with a 30" auger shows up to dig up your yard I would ask some questions. One Call is a way of life. If you dig without making the call you take your life and every one elses in your own hands. I recently gave a presentation on this. It focused more on people digging in their own backyard and finding electrical lines with a shovel and being electricuted (it is more common than you would think), but this would be that situation on steriods. Like the saying goes common sense isn't that common anymore.
Anon 10:08 good point, but it's always going to be the gas company's/drillers' fault in these peoples' eyes.
Anon 7:51
There are a whole lot of people with 36" pipelines in their backyards who are seriously and justifiably concerned right now. To them, it doesn't matter who is responsible for a blast that could have incinerated their entire family. The drillers do not have a plan so they are slapping down infrastructure any and every place. There are some places where these huge and dangerous pipelines do not belong.
You miss the point again. You should work with us rather than against us. Then your company could spend a lot less on PR.
Why would I sue CHK and Arlington? Becasue THEY were the ones who allowed a dangerous industrial site and the pipeline that services it to be dropped in the middle of my residential area, that's why!
When my son drops a bowl of cereal, it's an accident. When the City and CHK allow an industrial operation to be put in the middle of a neighborhood and someone screws up and it explodes, it's not an "accident" – all parties involved with dropping that operation in my neighborhood and not enacting laws and regulations to protect the citizens will get violently sued.
Following your line of logic, sue your car maker and the highway department if you wreck even though you broke the law to cause the crash, because there is zero personal responsibilty anymore. Just sue the person/persons with the biggest pockets. Sharon you seem to miss the point. What is the solution?
I've not mentioned suing anyone but I think the commenter above has a good idea.
One of industry's favorite tricks is to claim they are not responsible for accidents. Reminds me of that movie Rocket Man.
See here in lies the problem for logic in our world today. Everyone is "in theory" expert. Just have no real solutions. Same as our government "making the calls" on a oil spill they wouldn't know the solution if it bite them on the behind. Just plug the damn leak.
NO! No, no, no, no, no! Nice try but the solution has been given. Pretending it doesn't exist just because you don't like it won't work. But, nice try, very nice.
Ahm, also an admirable try to pin the spill on our government.
Trixie little hobbits.
What is the solution? I asked a simple question. Relocate gas lines? Relocate people? Train everyone in emergency plans? Just stop everything and wait to see what years of blast radius studies find? Overhead gas lines? Big flashing lights that make the line look like an airport runway? Everyone move to Antarticia?
I in no way will try to "pin the spill" on our government. I find it LAUGHABLE that anyone would. BP is solely responsible they made the choices that lead to it. I find fault that the federal government has the arrogance to believe they are capable to make the decisions. The top kill solution was a laughing stock among anyone with any well control experience. It was not BP's idea. And having no idea that the second relief well was our "great idea" is ignorant due to logistical isses drilling one well in that depth of water much less spliting it between two.
I play no tricks. Just try to help keep a legit debate. I didn't come here blasting off at the mouth, just saying everyone is stupid and that bunch of jazz. I listen, process then respond with what knowlege i have.