gas explosion

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• Gas explosion — A Gas explosion is the result of a gas leak in the presence of an ignition source. The principal explosive gases are natural gas, methane, propane and butane, because they are widely used for heating purposes. However, many other gases like… …   Wikipedia

• 1998 Esso Longford gas explosion — The 1998 Esso Longford gas explosion was a catastrophic industrial accident which occurred at the Esso natural gas plant at Longford in the Australian state of Victoria s Gippsland region. On 25 September 1998, an explosion took place at the… …   Wikipedia

• Cleveland East Ohio Gas explosion — occurred on the afternoon of Friday, October 20, 1944. The resulting gas leak, explosion and fires killed 130 people and destroyed a one square mile area on Cleveland, Ohio s east side. The disaster At 2:30 p.m. on the afternoon on Friday,… …   Wikipedia

• Edison, New Jersey natural gas explosion — The Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion and Fire occurred in Edison, New Jersey on March 23, 1994 where a 36 diameter natural gas pipeline broke and exploded into flames next to the Durham Woods apartment complex …   Wikipedia

• Cleveland East Ohio Gas Explosion — occurred on the afternoon of Friday, October 20, 1944. The resulting gas leak, explosion and fires killed 130 people and destroyed a one square mile area on Cleveland, Ohio s east side.The disasterAt 2:30 p.m. on the afternoon on Friday, October… …   Wikipedia

• 2008 Kazan gas explosion — The Kazan gas explosion occurred on January 9, 2008, destroying an entire corner of a three story khrushchyovka style apartment building on Malaya Pechyorskaya Street in the Aviastroitelny District of Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. The explosion took… …   Wikipedia

• Explosión en Humberto Vidal — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda La explosión en Humberto Vidal fue una explosión de gas en la tienda de zapatos Humberto Vidal, localizada en el área de Río Piedras en San Juan, Puerto Rico, dejó 33 personas muertas y otras 69 heridas cuando el… …   Wikipedia Español

• Explosión de ballenas — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda La explosión de ballenas se ha documentado en dos notables ocasiones, así como en varias veces menos conocidas. La explosión más famosa ocurrió en los Estados Unidos en Florence (Oregón) en 1970, cuando un cachalote… …   Wikipedia Español

• Explosión de un polvorín de la Armada en Cádiz de 1947 — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda El día 18 de agosto del año 1947 explotó un polvorín de la Armada en Cádiz, España. La magnitud de la explosión fue tal que el fogonazo pudo verse desde el acuartelamiento militar español ubicado en Monte Hacho… …   Wikipedia Español

• Explosion protection — is utilized to protect all sorts of buildings and civil engineering infrastructure against internal and external explosions or deflagrations. It was widely believedcite book|title= Structural Design for Physical Security|author=Task… …   Wikipedia

• Explosion — Ex*plo sion, n. [L. explosio a driving off by clapping: cf. F. explosion explosion. See {Explode}.] 1. The act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; as, the explosion of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English