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Massive Florida Gas Pipeline Explosion Injures 23 Turns Section of Shopping Center to Rubble A massive explosion, attributed to a gas pipeline rupture, resulted in a large section of a shopping center in Plantation, Florida, being reduced to rubble. At least 20 people were injured in the blast, two very seriously. The Fountains Plaza Mall, the site of the explosion, is located just outside of Ft. Lauderdale. Witnesses at the Scene of the Gas Line Explosion Shoppers were enjoying an…

Florida Shopping Center Explosion Injures Twenty An explosion has heavily damaged a shopping center in Plantation, Florida. According to early reports from the scene, no fatalities have been mentioned. These same reports state that as many as 20 people have been injured but the extent of those injuries is unknown at this time. Plantation is a suburb of Ft. Lauderdale and lies immediately to the west in Broward County. The explosion, which ripped through The Fountains shopping center, occurred in…

Santa Fe, Texas Ripped by Natural Gas Line Explosion, Fire Early reports say several CenterPoint Energy contractor workers injured Several members of a work crew were reported to have been injured by what appears to have been a natural gas pipeline explosion and fire in Santa Fe, Texas. Initial images from the scene indicate that the explosion and fire involved a relatively low-pressure residential / light industrial gas line and that damage to adjacent structures is minor. Santa Fe is…

In the midst of an evacuation undertaken in response to a gas leak in Durham, North Carolina, on the morning of April 10, 2019, a massive explosion occurred involving six buildings. One building was completely destroyed, that structure being the headquarters of Prescient Company. The Durham Fire Chief had been a first responder on 9/11 in Washington, D.C., described the scene in Durham as looking like the front of the Pentagon after the terrorist attack, albeit on a smaller scale….

What has become a massive chemical fire at the Intercontinental Terminals Company facility located on Independence Parkway in Deer Park started on March 17, 2019. Overnight between March 18 and 19 the Deer Park ITC fire significantly worsened. Attempts by firefighters to extinguish the blaze have been to no avail as the flames engulfed not just the initial chemical tank that caught fire at the facility but multiple other containment tanks on the premises. The inferno now encompasses sink chemical…