Natural gas explosion at department store in Taiwan kills 4

[y_p_w]

The cause appears to be a gas leak at the food court. Reports were that they were doing construction there but it's unclear if that was a contributory factor.

https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-e...g-mitsukoshi-f01bf8916ca406bb5948ea3e8b022db5



The explosion was caught on a forward-recording dash cam.

 

[ctechbob]

Taiwan seems to have some issues with natural gas:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Kaohsiung_gas_explosions

 

[y_p_w]

Taiwan seems to have some issues with natural gas:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Kaohsiung_gas_explosions

We have our own problems.

https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/DCA10MP008.aspx​

On September 9, 2010, about 6:11 p.m. Pacific daylight time, a 30-inch-diameter segment of an intrastate natural gas transmission pipeline known as Line 132, owned and operated by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), ruptured in a residential area in San Bruno, California. The rupture occurred at mile point 39.28 of Line 132, at the intersection of Earl Avenue and Glenview Drive. The rupture produced a crater about 72 feet long by 26 feet wide. The section of pipe that ruptured, which was about 28 feet long and weighed about 3,000 pounds, was found 100 feet south of the crater. PG&E estimated that 47.6 million standard cubic feet of natural gas was released. The released natural gas ignited, resulting in a fire that destroyed 38 homes and damaged 70. Eight people were killed, many were injured, and many more were evacuated from the area.​