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Title: Emergency Response-Training And Experience Case Studies
Author: Charles J. Rees
Source: American Gas Association 1986
Year Published: 1986
Abstract: At 11:15 a.m. on October 17, 1983, while excavating for ihe installation of a large diameter sewer, a backhoe operator snagged a 3-inch gas line on the south side of State Route 214 in South Charleston, WV. The snagging of the hne caused a 3-inch cast iron valve on the north side of the highway to fracture. At 1:52 p.m., over two and half hours later, the Foodland Supermarket, located about 35 feet from the fractured valve, exploded and then burned. As might be expected, the incident generated considerable media attention and was subsequently investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board.

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