THE UNSAFE GAS ANOTHER NATURAL GAS EXPLOSION DESTROYS HOME. THIS TIME, A House explodes in Morgan Park,
CHICAGO as UTILITY AND fire crews investigate gas leak
wE REPORTED ON THIS EXPLOSION FEW DAYS AGO IN THIS BLOG:
TRAIN
DERAILMENT, NATURAL GAS EXPLOSIONS, TANKER TRUCK AND SEMI-TRAILER TRUCK
ACCIDENTS, DEATHS AND FUELS SPILLS
Chicago
Fire Dept., Peoples Gas investigating cause of home explosion
December 2, 2014
No deaths or
injuries are reported in a two-alarm fire and Level 1 Hazmat following
a natural gas explosion on Chicago’s Far South Side.
The Chicago Fire
Department tells WGN that at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, they received calls that
there was a smell of gas in the area of 2100 block of West 107th Street, which
is on the border of Morgan Park and Beverly.
Peoples Gas and the
city water department were doing work in an area nearby and also called the
fire department.
The
fire department evacuated the area. Within the next hour, a home in
the area exploded.
No one was in the
house when it happened. But it appears that a family pet was lost in the
explosion and fire.
An account was set
up Tuesday at Beverly Bank to help benefit the family. Anyone interested in
supporting can make a donation at Beverly Bank & Trust (10258 S. Western
Ave.). The account is under Benefit of the Sheahan Family.
This is a developing
story. Please check back for details.
Another
reporting of the same gas explosion:
GAS MAIN LEAK AND EXPLOSION 107TH PL
NEAR HOYNE AVE, CHICAGO -- LEVEL 2 HAZMAT/STILL AND BOX
TUE DEC 02 2014 ~8:32
AM
CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
GAS EXPLOSION/STILL AND BOX ALARM/LEVEL 2 HAZMAT
2148 W 107TH PL CHICAGO, IL
HAZMAT LEVEL 1 FOR A GAS LEAK AT 8:32 AM FOLLOWED BY A GAS EXPLOSION AT 9:30 AM.
BC21 REPORTS A CITY WATER CREW BROKE A MEDIUM PRESSURE GAS LINE AND REQUESTS A LEVEL I HAZMAT. CHECKING NEIGHBORHOOD. PRECAUTIONARY LINE SETUP BY E120 AT 8:32 AM.
BC21 REPORTS A SMALL FIRE UNDER THE FURNACE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY E120. THE WAS APPARENTLY CAUSED BY ELEVATED GAS PRESSURE UNDER THE FURNACE AT 8:32 AM. BC21 REPORTS THEY HAVE A FIRE AT THE SCENE AT 8:29 AM.
CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
GAS EXPLOSION/STILL AND BOX ALARM/LEVEL 2 HAZMAT
2148 W 107TH PL CHICAGO, IL
HAZMAT LEVEL 1 FOR A GAS LEAK AT 8:32 AM FOLLOWED BY A GAS EXPLOSION AT 9:30 AM.
BC21 REPORTS A CITY WATER CREW BROKE A MEDIUM PRESSURE GAS LINE AND REQUESTS A LEVEL I HAZMAT. CHECKING NEIGHBORHOOD. PRECAUTIONARY LINE SETUP BY E120 AT 8:32 AM.
BC21 REPORTS A SMALL FIRE UNDER THE FURNACE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY E120. THE WAS APPARENTLY CAUSED BY ELEVATED GAS PRESSURE UNDER THE FURNACE AT 8:32 AM. BC21 REPORTS THEY HAVE A FIRE AT THE SCENE AT 8:29 AM.
- See more at:
http://www.chicagofiremap.net/2014/12/gas-main-leak-and-explosion-107th-pl.html#sthash.8YSRYC70.dpuf
December 2, 2014
A house was leveled by an explosion and fire in the Morgan
Park neighborhood Tuesday morning while fire crews were evacuating homes in the
area because of an odor of natural gas.
Crews from the Streets and Sanitation Department and Peoples
Gas were checking an area near a construction project in the 2100 block of West
107th Place about 8:35 a.m., Chicago Fire Department spokesman Will Knight
said.
It appears a gas line was ruptured during a construction
project, but officials have not yet determined how the line was broken.
While fire crews were
evacuating homes a block in each direction because of the possible gas leak, a
home in the 2100 block of 107th Place exploded, Knight said. Extra alarms and a
hazardous material response were called and at least five ambulances
dispatched, Knight said.
There was no report of
injuries. No one was at home at the time of the explosion, although WGN-TV reported
that the family that lived at the home was looking for a pet that may have been
there at the time.
Neighbors told WGN-TV that
they heard a loud explosion, and one neighbor who had just pulled into his
driveway heard the explosion and said he saw that the front of the
single-family home had fallen off.
The Fire Department was
investigating the cause of the gas leak and explosion and had not yet
determined who was responsible, officials told WGN-TV.
