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Pipeline Accident Report - Kansas Public Service Company, Inc., Explosion and Fire, Lawrence, Kansas, December 15, 1977
At 12:50 a.m., c.s.t., on December 15, 1977, a 2-inch plastic gas main under an alley in downtown Lawrence, Kansas, pulled out of a compression coupling which joined it to a steel gas main. Natural gas escaped from the main and migrated through the stone foundation walls of two nearby buildings. At 1:20 a.m., the accumulations of gas in the two buildings ignited. The resulting explosion and fire destroyed one building, severely damaged the other building, and broke nearby windows. Two persons were killed and three persons were injured. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the failure of the gas company to properly design, install, test, inspect, and anchor the installation of a 394-foot-long polyethylene plastic gas main that had been inserted in a casing and connected to a steel gas main with a compression coupling. The 2 1/2-year-old unrestrained plastic gas main contracted 3 1/2 inches because of cold temperatures and pulled out of the compression coupling, the resistance of which had decreased with age.
Pipeline Accident Report - Kansas Public Service Company, Inc., Explosion and Fire, Lawrence, Kansas, December 15, 1977
At 12:50 a.m., c.s.t., on December 15, 1977, a 2-inch plastic gas main under an alley in downtown Lawrence, Kansas, pulled out of a compression coupling which joined it to a steel gas main. Natural gas escaped from the main and migrated through the stone foundation walls of two nearby buildings. At 1:20 a.m., the accumulations of gas in the two buildings ignited. The resulting explosion and fire destroyed one building, severely damaged the other building, and broke nearby windows. Two persons were killed and three persons were injured. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the failure of the gas company to properly design, install, test, inspect, and anchor the installation of a 394-foot-long polyethylene plastic gas main that had been inserted in a casing and connected to a steel gas main with a compression coupling. The 2 1/2-year-old unrestrained plastic gas main contracted 3 1/2 inches because of cold temperatures and pulled out of the compression coupling, the resistance of which had decreased with age.
Pipeline Accident Report - Kansas Public Service Company, Inc., Explosion and Fire, Lawrence, Kansas, December 15, 1977
1978
62 pages
Report
No indication
English
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