Courtney, a neighbor in the area of Douglas Avenue and Millard Street, provided 24 Hour News 8 with this surveillance video of crews hitting a gas line in front of her home. (Aug. 23, 2018)
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@americansfirst10958 ай бұрын
Not only the risk of ignition/explosion, that gas can quickly displace all of the oxygen in that immediate area. Had 2 guys at my local gas company working on a simple residential service line, they had done hundreds of them. The conditions that day must have been just right. One fell unconscious, the other went to help him. Both were dead by the time we (FD) got there.
@cliffprentice8538 ай бұрын
Please share the article
@SwapPartLLC8 ай бұрын
At least they didn't burn. Dead is dead, but some ways of getting there are definitely worse than others.
@americansfirst10958 ай бұрын
@@cliffprentice853 .........It was1996........I'm not looking for any article. 👍
@Moondoggy19418 ай бұрын
The gas companies or at least some quit charging for the loss gas because people were getting in the holes to try and shut off the gas, this is very dangerous, even gas employees are not suppose to go in unless they have every PPE on.
@waynesullivan57867 ай бұрын
Thats sad to hear but that sounds like incompetence by both workers. I work for a gas company and if there is a gas reading of 1 gas in air, ba is mandatory. If they were working on a gas escape the bloke in the trench should of had his ba on with a means of escape and as brutal as it sounds the second guy should never of gone in knowing he had asphyxiated without any ba on aswell
@theoldboy708 ай бұрын
It’s not easy to keep your cool for the first few moments after the hit. The shock, noise, taste and smell combined is enough to scare the 💩 out of you.
@elebeu8 ай бұрын
That guy stopped, dropped, and rolled BEFORE the fire.
@terri68547 ай бұрын
Gas
@DeadSpaceMan20007 ай бұрын
sometimes gas fires are completely invisible....
@MacDaddyRico11 ай бұрын
My co-worker hit a gas line at an Elementary school... The school was evacuated, and a News helicopter soon appeared overhead... Fire trucks arrived...it was a scene..!
@kebo578 ай бұрын
Can't believe dude on backhoe didn't shut it down immediately and vacate. He was still operating it while other dude was trying to get as far away as he could. 😂
@theoldboy708 ай бұрын
Sometimes guys panic and make bad choices once the gas starts ripping, I’ve been there too many times and it’s never good.
@carlschroeder68117 ай бұрын
He was hoping he could somehow cover up his mistake.
@gregorymalchuk2727 ай бұрын
He may not have been able to. The ingested methane could have been running the diesel engine even after the injection pump shut off.
@williamnixon39947 ай бұрын
@@gregorymalchuk272 Which is why if there's an air cutoff of some sort, you flip that switch to asphyxiate the engine, then GTFO
@mstrickk17 ай бұрын
Got to undercover the breach anyways
@warcop99992 жыл бұрын
LOL that dude shitted his pants for sure.
@leogetz35708 ай бұрын
And the utility companies always tell us to call before WE dig
@rcnelson5 ай бұрын
A locator I know said that some construction crews are as dumb as rocks. They don't want to wait for a locator to get there before digging.
@K9River11 ай бұрын
Sooo loud. The video doesn't do the noise justice.
@rickhoward15169 ай бұрын
I believe you. A 22 inch transmission line was hit today and I was about 7-9 miles away and could hear it. Sounded like the roar of a jet in the distance.
@jonathantaylor69269 ай бұрын
They sure didn't seem very deep to hit a main like like that.
@glennjohnso3108 ай бұрын
Gas lines are only 3 to 4 feet in the ground. These hillbillies in Tennessee only bury the water lines a foot in the ground. One hard freeze and water is running every where.
@doriangray20208 ай бұрын
@@glennjohnso310 you should be reported for abuse/insulting. Just saying.
@jimbeam27058 ай бұрын
@@glennjohnso310 The one KZfaq commenter who talks out of his 🫏.
@dannygjk8 ай бұрын
@@doriangray2020 Nothing wrong with hillbillies.
@ryandeboer95848 ай бұрын
Remember all they variety, you got your skillbillies shillbillies pillbilles sillybillies an the elusive willynilly plus a few variants of the flatbillies. Just like any other two legged peoples.
@billyc7688 ай бұрын
That one dude went into his stuntman dive. 😂
@spamanator6668 ай бұрын
"Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom."
@metricdeep88567 ай бұрын
Looney Tunes! Thanks for that laugh. I forgot about Marvin!
@FishKepr5 ай бұрын
Scrolled down looking for this. Was not disappointed.
@jeromeschwartz36998 ай бұрын
I drove past an open gas line once. It was louder than a jet engine!
@johnnycotrel74138 ай бұрын
That was a high pressure line. Must have been a main line. Better hope they did their 811 call
@seventeen9128 ай бұрын
That wasn’t a high pressure line. Yes, it appears to be high pressure because most people simply don’t have the knowledge to know the difference. High pressure NG lines are welded steel and if a strike results in a rupture, ignition is almost certainly guaranteed due to merely the pressure/volume equating to friction. This is a distribution line and while the inherent danger is no different, know the difference!
@johnnycotrel74138 ай бұрын
Well maybe in your area but that was still a lot of pressure coming out of that line and i work with gas and i can tell you that i can actually remove a cap in a home and dope it and put it back on before the smell even leaves the room im in or better yet i can easily hold my hand over the line and it won't get blown off in fact no resistance at all, so you may be the one to not want to pretend to know everything.
@seventeen9128 ай бұрын
@@johnnycotrel7413 The reason you have such low pressure in your home is because of your pressure regulator. By the time the gas reaches any appliance it’s approximately 1/4(psi) to 1/2(psi). Distribution lines operate anywhere from 60(psi to 150(psi), while transmission lines(high pressure)can reach operating pressures exceeding 1500(psi). Can’t dope that up and screw a cap on!😂At 1500(psi) 1cuft of gas is compressed 600 times its original volume. BTW, I don’t pretend, for 32 years I’ve been dealing with gas throughout my heavy civil utility construction career!
@robbieshaft8 ай бұрын
Folks, both of you are wrong , a pressure regulator in a home is ideal but if it fails it’s no big deal, the appliance is that far away from the gas line and that it’s dispersed through other avenues the pressure is high enough but nothing to cause ignition, you could put your hand over it maybe but it’s not something I’d do
@LK-bz9sk8 ай бұрын
@@seventeen912 transmission at 1500/psi. That is massive. Didn’t know this.
@anthonyphan7027 ай бұрын
The last time I encountered such a phenomenal explosion of gas on the job, I was to blame. Late night chips, salsa, and beer might have been the culprits.
@19RedRhino897 ай бұрын
Bro saw his one chance to dive like an action hero, and took it.
@JasonTate869 ай бұрын
I love how that dude jumped right out on to flat ground in the wide open 😂😂😂😂😂
7 ай бұрын
Well, fire moves... up i guess? Not a bad choice if there had been an explosion right then. Now what he would have done after its lit is a good question.
@terri68547 ай бұрын
Gas
@Momcat_maggiefelinefan8 ай бұрын
That was intense! Hope the workers got out of the area safely. 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦
@markharwell87938 ай бұрын
My partner and I were on our property, farm land, digging for his septic and he hit a large pipe in the ground. He shut it down, jumped off, and screamed-RUN! Not much later we found out it was an abandoned pipe. No lines in the area just as we thought. ScArY!
@Hoaxer517 ай бұрын
Better safe than sorry!
@dalesmth19 ай бұрын
Where’s the earth shattering kaboom?
@JakePayneWrestling Жыл бұрын
Me lighting my cigarette:
@mikec71768 ай бұрын
Call before you dig!
@stevethomasen357624 күн бұрын
I have hit a gas main before to a residence, and it was the connection off of an offset main It is absolutely terrifying. The friction of the gas, leaving that pipe alone can spark fire.
@aidanmulligan73427 ай бұрын
As a utility locator this why we we exist. At the VERY least call 811 and get them out there but if you can find a local business that does it then that’s your best bet.
@Theconcretewizzard10 ай бұрын
Wow that’s scary lol
@RealKansasManАй бұрын
I wish there was a sound warning. Had my headphones in with the volume way up. Was not expecting this to be THAT loud.
@glennjohnso3108 ай бұрын
Sounds like a high pressure gas line . Hope the operators were fast on turning on the equipment.
@bjb75877 ай бұрын
Turning off?
@glennjohnso3107 ай бұрын
@@bjb7587 The engine sucks in natural gas and the engine wants to run away usually ending in a fire.
@junrieteng79542 ай бұрын
If its loud to the listener, it is deafening up close. And its randomness makes it dangerous enough for the guy to flip and dive to safety.
@basspig5 ай бұрын
Gas is far too dangerous to use in residential areas. There should be a two-mile buffer zone between any industrial use of natural gas and any residential area.
@boshi_coyo10 ай бұрын
That dude ran and ducked like it was a grenade about to go off
@TimeSurfer2068 ай бұрын
"Grenade" is an understatement.
@Metaintelligencia8 ай бұрын
Like any source of ignition could instantly turn a non foreseen area into a sudden inferno
@alexg17788 ай бұрын
@bradvanbaren1186 as such I'd say its more important to keep running as opposed to superman diving to the floor like you're Tom Cruise in the latest Mission Impossible
@DugrozReports7 ай бұрын
He may have tripped?
@SongMom88 ай бұрын
Did the rolling help? He wasn’t on fire so I don’t get it…
@lowandslow39398 ай бұрын
No I didn’t. I thought YOU called digsafe.
@neckarsulme8 ай бұрын
what happened to calling 811?
@bigk47558 ай бұрын
Calling 811 is no guarantee that you won’t hit something underground, including gas lines. You would be surprised how often the line was not located or mapped properly and you suddenly find a surprise in your hole. But if you did call 811 then you will not be on the hook for the repair bill when they got the locate wrong. On the flipside, you will on occasion find buried pipes and lines that no one knows what it is as well.
@armageddonready40718 ай бұрын
I hoped it’s been fixed.
@FlyGuy20008 ай бұрын
Nope, it's still blasting even today.
@Hoaxer517 ай бұрын
@@FlyGuy2000, Old faithful! Lol
@shelfcloud4877 ай бұрын
They forgot to call Miss dig 811
@supremetv90366 жыл бұрын
Wow
@southern_merican5 ай бұрын
I figured there would be some sort of mechanical safety valve every so often that sensed when there was sudden pressure flow
@ggggg40308 ай бұрын
Don’t “Call before you dig.” What could possibly go wrong?
@youngeshmoney7 ай бұрын
A gas leak like that I'm NYC would have us clearing a two city block radius, and the contractor is getting a huge bill. Usually they try to cover it up, they'll backfill the hole and skedaddle but you can't backfill on a blowing main with a 60psi minimum so with the mains they have no choice but to stay😂
@user-yv4mm6bx3c7 ай бұрын
Wow. I had to move my dryer recently to get the broken washer out of the laundry room. I was hesitant unhooking and rehooking the gas, but I didnt have an issue.
@mypronouniswtf55599 ай бұрын
R.I.P
@ejhickey8 ай бұрын
call before you dig?
@privatepilot40648 ай бұрын
Time for a huge bottle of Beano!
@nolivesmatter.7 ай бұрын
Happened in my city a number of years ago. Diy guys didnt call thebgas company. Blew up the whole house and half the house next door.
@qball65205 ай бұрын
Why did that guy throw himself into the ditch???
@alexalekos8 ай бұрын
when you haven't done your research for 3rd party networks before you dig
@vero09923 жыл бұрын
Dang
@rollingthunder2775 ай бұрын
And yet...the excavator operator failed to turn the machine off. No combustion possibility there...ROFLMAO.
@Ryarios8 ай бұрын
At least they weren’t smoking…
@philliplewis37548 ай бұрын
Did a swarm of bees come out of that pipe? The way my boy on the right is flopping around I think them killer bees done got him!
@pastexpiration21608 ай бұрын
Someone didn’t call Miss Utility
@LeskoBrandon2x2 ай бұрын
And that’s why hydroexcavation is IMPERATIVE!!
@malcolmshvac66925 ай бұрын
i would still be running
@Fester_5 ай бұрын
I passed all my exams at uni so I don't do that job. Lies, all lies.
@mtacoustic17 ай бұрын
600 PSI of flammable gas!!!
@markhernandez48047 ай бұрын
Time for a cigarette break
@Moondoggy19418 ай бұрын
One more scoop and its quoting time.
@phantom91610 ай бұрын
It was the flip for me
@Pen-sq7bj3 ай бұрын
Bro dived
@wordreet8 ай бұрын
NO Smoking Please!
@jimmiller5600 Жыл бұрын
Smoking is bad for you.
@austincox1239 Жыл бұрын
What does this have to do with smoking?
@jimmiller5600 Жыл бұрын
@@austincox1239 If that dude had been smoking when the pipe ruptured he would have been smoking.
@austincox1239 Жыл бұрын
@@jimmiller5600 Well, yeah. But he wasnt
@jamesslick479011 ай бұрын
@@austincox1239 If he HAD been smoking, it would have been BAD for him. That's the joke. 🤦♂️
@austincox123911 ай бұрын
@@jamesslick4790 Right.. This is the joke you leave on a video where someone WAS smoking. Its retardes to say it on a video where no one was smoking. Thats why it has 1 like. 😭
@jimmercer25818 ай бұрын
Ok, who farted ???
@mocheeks7098 ай бұрын
Should have called 811
@firstcynic928 ай бұрын
Oopsie!
@jcyoungpine918 Жыл бұрын
Jump was a little late 😅
@austincox1239 Жыл бұрын
He wasnt jumping because of the gas. He was jumping in the hole in case it exploded