Category: gas leak

Gas Leak in Texas Home Likely Caused Blast That Injured 6

PLANO, Texas—A gas leak in a suburban Dallas home was the likely cause of an explosion that destroyed the house and heavily damaged the two next door, injuring six people, fire officials said Tuesday. Plano fire officials said further investigation would be needed to determine where in the home the leak happened before the single-story…


Mexico: Lightning Storm Ignited Gas Leak in Gulf

MEXICO CITY—Mexico’s state-owned oil company said Monday that a bizarre chain of events, including a lightning storm and a simultaneous gas pipeline leak, set off a strange subaquatic fireball seen last week in the Gulf of Mexico. Petroleos Mexicanos said an intense storm of rain and lightning on July 2 forced the company to shut…


Huge Gas Pipeline Fire That Erupted in Gulf of Mexico Has Been Extinguished: Oil Company

MEXICO CITY—A fire on the ocean surface west of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula early on Friday has been extinguished, state oil company Pemex said, blaming a gas leak from an underwater pipeline for sparking the blaze captured in videos that went viral. Bright orange flames jumping out of water resembling molten lava was dubbed an “eye…


At Least 2 Dead After Blast Brings Down Building in Central Madrid

MADRID—At least two people died and several were injured when a building in central Madrid belonging to the Catholic Church collapsed on Wednesday after an explosion, Mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida told reporters. Initial investigations suggested that the blast in Calle de Toledo, a street leading out from the city center, had been caused by a…