A few Weeks ago you may have herd about a tanker exploding ,after hitting a bridge (I-69 and 465 loop)in Indy. I was about 50 yards from the top of bridge. All the sudden I saw an exp;explosion from under the left side of the bridge. It just kept getting bigger an bigger then engulfed the entire bridge. The actual fireball from the initial explosion went so hi it caught the top of a cell phone tower on fire. It was the biggest fireball I ever saw! The diver lived somehow someone pulled him from his cab and other than a few cars being singed that were coming across bridge I donutting anyone was injured very badly. At first I thought it was terrorist. I took a few pics from my camera phone Ill try to post them.
Largest fireball I ever Saw!!!
Discussion in 'Road Stories' started by starsnbars, Jan 15, 2010.
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Thank God the driver lived! How absolutely horrible for him to have gone through that!
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I was sent a picture via e-mail showing where a farmer digging post holes hit a buried gas line. They never found the farmer and the explosion took out 2 houses about 200 yards apart. There was a big brown spot about an 50 acres wide. I once seen a gas leak blow the roof of a house on top of a grain elevator. They where afraid the elevator would blow. There was only a hole where the house had been. This was in Minneapolis.
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This seems reckless on the part of the gas company...
I wonder how deep the gas line was?
And was the farmer using hand held manual hole diggers or a tractor driven gas powered one?
I mean it's kinda scary to think this kind of explosive power runs just feet or inches below you... -
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I agree with you ghostchild it wouldn't cost much for them to mail out a letter or card telling owners gas lines run through their properties. Land is sold and new owners might not be aware. But before you dig you are suppose to call a number and make sure your not digging into some kind of line.
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guy's you fella's obviously have never heard of "call before you dig". They have these systems set up for a reason.
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Gas lines are buried everywhere this happens several times a year.
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