UPDATE III: Diane Sweet posted this video from radio journalist Scooter McGee that reportedly shows
a ruptured gas line releasing gas into the flood waters and atmosphere
According to CBSPhilly, someone attempted to steal a coin - operated dryer from an apartment complex and
ruptured the gas line in the process.
Rupturing a gas line could result in an explosion and / or fire; depending on the size of the fire it can threaten to burn down any nearby buildings.
Not exact matches
In one of the more recent
gas explosions, which occurred two years ago, eight people were killed in Harlem after a
line ruptured.
Any of these natural disasters could
rupture the delta levees and take a lot of the infrastructure — power
lines, communication networks,
gas pipelines, hydroelectric power systems — with it.
If the earthquake causes a
gas line to
rupture, which causes the fire, fire is still a covered peril.
If the earthquake causes a
gas line to
rupture, which causes the fire, fire is still a covered peril.