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Who owns the Texas Eastern Transmission Co pipeline?
Derringer's family is suing Enbridge , the Canadian-based energy conglomerate which owns the Texas Eastern Transmission Co. pipeline, claiming the firm failed to take numerous steps to prevent the explosion and warn residents living near the pipeline of its "hazardous conditions."
What line was the Lincoln County blast on?
The investigation also found there had been two failures before the Lincoln County blast on Line 15, one of the three 30-inch-in-diameter main lines that make up the Texas Eastern in Kentucky.
How many people were evacuated from the Danville explosion?
Six people were hospitalized for burns and 75 were evacuated from their homes following the explosion, which ejected 30 feet of piping from the earth and left a 26,000-cubic-foot crater in the rural area about six miles south of Danville.
Who conducted door to door interviews with residents who live in a half mile radius of the blast?
This week, local health officials and federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials began conducting door-to-door interviews with residents who live in a half-mile radius of the blast.
Where is Enbridge's headquarters?
The lawsuit was filed in Harris County, Texas, where Enbridge has its U.S. headquarters.
When was the Lincoln County pipeline accident?
The dramatic account by Reik was included in thousands of pages of documents the National Transportation Safety Board released this week in its investigation of the Aug. 1, 2019 pipeline accident in Lincoln County.
Where did the break in the pipe come from?
The origin of the break in the pipe was near two hard spots identified in the pipe, according to a report from the NTSB Materials Laboratory.
How many homes were destroyed in the Reik fire?
Five other residents near the blow-out suffered burns or smoke inhalation, and Reik received burns, according to the federal reports. The fire destroyed five mobile homes and damaged 14 other houses. One lawsuit filed after the blast listed more than 80 people who suffered physical injuries or property damage.
What happened to Reik on U.S. 127?
As Reik left the scene he met an ambulance on U.S. 127. He stopped it and helped transfer the couple to the ambulance to be taken to the hospital.
What did Reik say about the fire?
Reik said he heard a dispatch that an elderly man had called 911 and said there was fire around his house and that he was handicapped and couldn’t get out. He drove into the mobile home park to look for people.
Why did Reik run to the porch?
Reik said he ran to the porch to get the man and wrestle him into the cruiser.
How far did the blast crater melt siding?
The heat was so intense that it melted the siding on a house 1,100 feet from the blast crater, the NTSB said.
Where did the Kentucky pipeline explode?
Federal agency investigates second Eastern Kentucky pipeline explosion within a year. A natural gas pipeline exploded on a hillside near a highway in Eastern Kentucky Monday afternoon, the second on the same network of pipes in less than a year.
Where was the natural gas pipeline exploded?
A natural gas pipeline exploded on a hillside near a highway in Eastern Kentucky Monday afternoon, the second on the same network of pipes in less than a year. No one was injured in the 5 p.m. explosion along Highway 1013 in Fleming County, about 3 miles east of Hillsboro.
How much gas was released from the Danville gas line?
1, 2019, set ablaze 30 acres of land and damaged several homes and businesses. About 66 million cubic feet of gas was released — enough to power a typical home for 1,000 years.
How many people died in the Texas explosion?
Nine people have died in explosions on the Texas Eastern since 1985. Six of them were in Kentucky.
How much did the line 15 crash cost?
It was the third failure on Line 15 — the first in 1986 severely injured three people about 10 miles from the site of last year's accident, and a second in 2003 in Morehead, Kentucky, that didn't cause injuries but cost $3.3 million.
Where does line 10 of the Texas pipeline go?
The 30-inch pipe that exploded, Line 10, feeds into the Texas Eastern — a network of 9,100 miles of piping that stretches from Texas to New York and moves 20% of America's natural gas.
Where was the Danville explosion?
The fatal blast occurred on Line 15, about 90 miles southwest of Monday's explosion. Lines 10 and 25 were shut down following the accident in Danville to make sure they weren't damaged from the impact but were allowed to reopen about a month later.