Underground Gas Tank Explosion

Emergency responders converged on the area.

Underground gas tank explosion.

Storage tanks used for gasoline. The fire was believed to have been sparked by a discharge of static electricity as fuel was pumped from a tanker to an underground storage tank. A worker was killed after an underground fuel tank explosion at a speedway gas station friday afternoon on upper front street in the town of dickinson. Staff was able evacuate the station before the.

The blast occurred in an underground service line to a production warehouse from a carbon dioxide storage tank according to officials. Lori wolfe the herald dispatch an area where an underground gas tank exploded on monday april 15 2019 is cordoned off at the sunoco at winchester avenue and 22nd street in ashland kentucky. Luckily no one was hurt. Equipment must be approved not only for the class of location but also for the ignitable or combustible properties of the specific gas vapor dust or fiber that will be present.

Ap authorities are investigating an explosion in an underground tank at an upstate new york gas station that killed a worker. Ohio s division of state fire marshal located in reynoldsburg is the oldest established office of its kind in the united states. The national electric al code nfpa 70 lists or defines hazardous gases vapors and dusts by groups. Because the tank was unable to be shut down it was vented.

State police say the explosion happened friday.