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Large gas explosions and explosives

1968-1969 (Newsweek) There were well over a hundred politically inspired bombings, not including arson and vandalism, according to The Sixties, a history of the era by former activist Todd Gitlin.

1972: In the 12 months after the Anarchist Cookbook was published in 1971, bombings increased to an average of five a day, according to FBI data. Citizens who blamed Powell stuffed his Vermont mailbox with death threats

• June 1982 The Siberian pipeline sabotage was the unconfirmed 1982 sabotage of the Soviet Urengoy–Surgut–Chelyabinsk natural gas pipeline by the CIA as a part of a policy to counter Soviet theft of Canadian technology.  A KGB veteran acknowledged  a natural gas pipeline explosion in 1982, but it was caused by poor construction rather than sabotage wikip
• March 23, 1994 The Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion and Fire occurred in Edison, New Jersey on March 23, 1994 where a 36-inch (910 mm) diameter natural gas pipeline broke and exploded into flames next to the Durham Woods apartment complex. It was caused by damage probably caused by excavation equipment leading to system of calling first before digging. wikip
• 1997 in Cary, NC a worker attempted to purge air from a natural gas line into a laundry room during a startup of a commercial dryer. Six workers injured, and a partial roof collapse occurred.
• 1999 at a Ford power plant in Dearborn, MI six people were killed, 38 injured and $1 billion in property damage occurred. A gas pipe being removed from service was purged into a boiler.
• September 21 2001 31 were killed in Toulouse, France, in 2001, compared to West, Texas 2013 explosion.  France"s environment minister believed the blast may have been a terrorist attack. While Toulouse"s prosecutor said he was "99 percent certain that the Sept. 21 explosion at the AZF chemical fertilizer plant was accidental.", a man was found dead at the blast site that was known to police for possible Islamic fundamentalist sympathies and was involved in altercations before the blast with workers displaying the American flag in sympathy with victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. wikipedia AZF was the name of a chemical factory in Toulouse, France, which exploded on 21 September 2001. The blast was equivalent to 20-40 tons of TNT, measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale, and was heard 80 km away (50 miles). The explosion caused 29 deaths, with 2,500 seriously wounded, and 8,000 light casualties. Damages already paid by insurance exceed 1.5 billion euros.
• In 2007 two plumbers in Cheyenne, WY were severely burned during the purging of natural gas into the interior of a new hotel under construction
• January 2007 one worker and nine others were injured at an American Electric Power plant of the same type in Beverly, Ohio.
• November 2007, an explosion at a Dominion Virginia Power coal-fired plant in Massachusetts killed three workers
• During the construction of a 30 story hotel in 2008 in San Diego, an explosion injured 14 workers anddamaged 3 levels of the building. CalOSHA cited acontractor for not venting from an enclosed spaceand failure to test for flammable gases.
• 2009 Slim Jim Plant, Garner, NC – June 9, 2009 Explosion and building collapse at Slim Jim meat processing factory in Garner killed North Carolina. Four workers died, 71 injuries and large toxic ammonia release caused environmental damage Installation of a new gas-fired industrial water heater vented purged gas into a utility room
• February 2009, an explosion at a We Energies coal-fired power plant near Milwaukee burned six workers.
• October 29, 2009 Jaipur Rjaesthan India oil depot fire broke out after an explosion at a oil depot's giant tank holding 8,000 kilolitres (280,000 cu ft) of oil killing 12 people and injuring over 200, and causing evacuation of half a million people were evacuated from the area. The first explosion registered 2.3 on the Richter shattering of glass window nearly 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) away. Cause was blamed on negligence.
• September 9, 2010  worst natural gas pipeline catastrophe in a decade — an explosion and fire in San Bruno, Calif., on Sept. 9 that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. Early findings linked the San Bruno accident to problems in the pipeline, built in the 1950s, and electrical problems in the broader pipeline system. Blamed on numerous faulty welds in high pressure pipe which may have failed and leaked, causing smell of gas in neighborhood. The explosion blew large pipe onto the street.
• Jan. 24 2011  Fairport, Ohio. Nine buildings were destroyed and others damaged in this small town on Lake Erie near Cleveland when a natural gas line malfunctioned and filled homes with gas. Residents were evacuated and survived.
• Philadelphia. A gas line blast killed a worker for the city-owned gas company, injured six and flattened cars and buildings Jan. 18 2011
• August 19, 2011 Massive fire broke at a BP gas station near Saint Augustine, Florida after a storage tank with a broken gauge overflowed while being filled. A half mile radius was evacuated around the station, the highway was closed, and over 4000 homes and businesses lost power as three fire and rescue units fought to contain the blaze.  kpaonline
• November 6, 2011, an explosion occurred near Woodside, California during strength testing of PG&;E pipelines. The explosion caused a mudslide in the area, however no casualties were reported.
• December 29, 2011   Wayne, Mich. Two furniture store employees were killed and the owner seriously injured Dec. 29 in the Detroit suburb when the gas line apparently exploded. Also, a fire killed a worker Tuesday at a natural gas plant in Mont Belvieu, Texas, near Houston. The cause isn't known.

• October 3, 2012 In China video A fuel truck at a refueling station suddenly explodes into flame from inside the fuel tank.
• October 8, 2012 In China Business Insider  Two people were killed when a propane tanker flips over. When the canister ruptured the explosion killed another three firefighters.
• November 2, 2011  Fuquan China in Guizhou province. Two illegally parked trucks loaded with 70 metric tons of explosives exploded near a busy vehicle testing station killing 8, injuring 218, 9 critical.  School for 6,000 student were cancelled due to building damage. Netizens speculated it looked like a terrorist bomb, but it was never characterized as terrorism by the media.
• March 20, 2012 Driver Causes Gas Pump Explosion In Miami Beach  a driver slammed into a gas pump which reportedly exploded into a ball of fire. 
• April 10, 2012 Explosion at Pennsylvania compressor station highlights gaping NRDC Amy Mall writes that the explosion at a Pennsylvania compressor station highlights gaping loopholes in regulation of pipelines and compressor stations.
• November 21, 2012 Carbon County Utah Ruptured pipeline to blameTwo men are burned when a natural gas compressor station exploded "A 12-inch, high-pressure gas line had been damaged at some point by a backhoe," Mills said. "You could see score marks along the top of the pipe where the backhoe teeth had rubbed on the top of the pipe and scored the pipe.
• January 10, 2013 EMS1 South China Morning Post reports Twenty-one people were injured, one critically, after a fire sparked by a gas explosion tore through a crowded restaurant at lunch hour. A technician had been carrying out work in the restaurant's air conditioning room
• January 24, 2013 dailymail a gas pipe explosion blew up an entire street in the an upmarket and modern town of Beihai in China's Guangxi Province. “A series of blasts tore through thick layers of concrete and tarmac. It is not known what caused the explosion which was so powerful it rocked nearby flats and left the pleasant, palm-tree tree-lined road resembling a war zone.”
• March 4, 2013 Zee News More than 20 workers were injured in a gas explosion at a construction site in an underground shopping street in northeast China's Liaoning province. Caused by a gas leak from underground pipelines
• March 30, 2013 Al Jazeera At least 28 people are killed in a massive gas explosion in a coal mine in Jilin province. Blamed on “industry's notoriously poor safety record” The cause was “under investigation”. Al Jazeera proclaims “its mines are among the deadliest in the world because of lax regulation, corruption and inefficiency. Accidents are common because safety is often neglected by bosses seeking quick profits.”
• 04/05/2013 LANGSTON, Oklahoma. No one is injured after an explosion at a natural gas compressor station. | Earth First  notes the explosion on its blog which provides links to manuals on “monkeywrenching” on how to sabotage rural infrastructure like vehicles and power lines, but not pipelines.
• west virginia Apr 12, 2013 – Second Worker Dies Of Injuries In Tyler County Explosion occurred at Twin Hickories compressor station The cause of the blast is unknown and remains under investigation.
• April 12, 2013 AllVoices Seven people were killed and two others injured in a gas explosion on Friday morning in a coal mine in southwest China

• April 17, 2013 West Texas fertilizer factory explosion kills 15, injures over 160, destroys windows and damages or destroys buildings across town with the force of a large terrorist truck bomb. Rightwingwatch slams Rightbloggers for suggesting it could have been a terrorist attack.
• April 24, 2013 Fuel barges explode in Mobile Alabama shipyard which are quickly blamed on sparks.
• April 25, 2013 Randy "Rasheed" Wilson who grew up in Mobile and Birmingham pled guity to conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists the day after the fuel barges exploded for no apparent reason.

• April 28, 2013France Apartment Explosions  At least three people were killed and 14 others injured in a huge explosion in Reims France. The. blast destroyed 10 apartments in the four-story building  "We don't know the cause of the explosion. It was probably due to gas," Reims mayor Adeline Hazan said at the scene This is the second explosion in Reims in the past month. On April 3, four people died in a building blast.
• April 29, 2013 Prague Explosion A gas explosion rips through a major building in central Prague, injuring 35 people and prompting evacuations of nearby buildings in the Czech capital. Pragues mayor told reporters "We can now confirm this was a gas explosion. It was not a terrorist attack"
• May 19, 2013 In Narathiwat, Thailand, its southern-most muslim majority province.a homemade bomb exploded at hotel.The ceilings fell down in two third-floor rooms. Bomb experts believe it was a 5 kg device hidden on ashtray. Surveilance video resulted in arrests of 4 suspects later that day who checked in before and left after the explosion. Two other people were shot and killed in what Police believed could be insurgent attacks. A defence volunteer was shot dead at his home, while a elderly resident was shot dead in a drive-by attack he was walking to a mosque.
• Alsip Chicago Chemical Plant Explosion  December 13, 2013 Two people were injured in an explosion at a chemical plant in the Chicago suburb of Alsip Friday morning. The blast took place just before noon at Blue Island Phenol, which manufactures acetone and phenol.
• Oklahoma feed plant explosion
• January 22, 2014  Explosions destroyed a biodiesel complex in northern Mississipi, two workers were not harmed. chicago trib
• January 25, 2014 Natural gas explosion and fire at a TransCanada Pipelines valve site south of Winnipeg in Southern Manitoba Canda sent a massive fireball into the dark sky, and regional calls for conservation across the United States midwest  bismark

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