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Transco was a public gas utility company, part of the National Grid plc. On 22 December 1999, a gas explosion at a family home in Larkhall resulted in deaths of four people, Andrew and Janette Findlay, and their children Stacey and Daryl. Transco was responsible for providing a gas connection to the Findlay house.
The explosion was caused by corrosion so aggressive that it is challenging industry models for how quickly a small anomaly can grow. [7] On November 2, 2003, a Texas Eastern Transmission Pipeline natural gas pipeline exploded in Bath County, Kentucky, about 1.5 km south of a Duke Energy pumping station. A fire burned for about an hour before ...
Gas explosion. A balloon filled with gaseous hydrogen exploding. A gas explosion is the ignition of a mixture of air and flammable gas, typically from a gas leak. [ 1] In household accidents, the principal explosive gases are those used for heating or cooking purposes such as natural gas, methane, propane, butane.
The Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion and Fire occurred in Edison, New Jersey, on March 23, 1994, where a 36-inch (910 mm) diameter natural gas pipeline broke and exploded into flames next to the Durham Woods apartment complex along New Durham Road at its junction with Interstate 287. [1]
National Grid Group changed its name to National Grid Transco plc. It sold the telecoms business 186K Ltd. which was acquired as part of the merger with Lattice Group for a nominal £1 to Hutchison Whampoa in December 2002. [11] In 2004, the company was found liable for a gas explosion in Transco plc v HM Advocate and subsequently fined £15 ...
On 22 December 1999 a large gas explosion took place in the town which resulted in the death of four people. [10] In Transco plc v HM Advocate Transco were subsequently found guilty of culpable homicide and fined £15 million in 2004. [11] [12] [13]
Aug. 31—A lawsuit involving a massive natural gas line explosion in 2015 that killed one person and injured at least two others was turned over to the jury Wednesday afternoon in Kern County ...
The San Bruno pipeline explosion occurred at 6:11 pm PDT on September 9, 2010, in San Bruno, California, when a 30-inch (76 cm) diameter steel natural gas pipeline owned by Pacific Gas & Electric exploded into flames in the Crestmoor residential neighborhood 2 miles (3.2 km) west of San Francisco International Airport [4] near Skyline Boulevard and San Bruno Avenue. [5]