Pipeline Accident Report


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About 12:25 a.m. on July 7, 1998, a natural gas explosion and fire destroyed a newly constructed residence in the South Riding community in Loudoun County, Virginia. A family consisting of a husband and wife and their two children were spending their first night in their new home at the time of the explosion. As a result of the accident, the wife was killed, the husband was seriously injured, and the two children received minor injuries. Five other homes and two vehicles were damaged.




Pipeline Accident Report


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Natural Gas Explosion and Fire in South Riding, Virginia, July 7, 1998


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As a result of this investigation, the Safety Board made two recommendations to the Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) and one to the Edison Electrical Institute, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, the American Power Association, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service.
















Annual Report to Congress


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