1998 St. Cloud explosion

1998 St. Cloud explosion

in damages.

An NTSB report on the incident faulted the safety and emergency practices of Cable Constructors, Inc., whose employees punctured the gas line, and the procedures and training of the St. Cloud fire department for responding to gas leaks.

Timeline of events

*Approximately 10:15 a.m. - the CCI work crew punctures the underground gas pipeline
*Approximately 10:51 a.m. - the CCI foreman contacts his supervisor to report the leak
*11:05 a.m. - the facilities director of the Stearns County Administrative Building places a call to the county chief deputy sheriff after investigating the gas smell and being told by CCI that the leak had occurred
*11:06 a.m. - St. Cloud fire department Engine Company 21 is dispatched to the scene, St. Cloud police units 41 and 42 are assigned to crowd control at the site
*11:16 a.m. - two NSP trucks arrive
*11:29 a.m. - an unknown source ignites the gas, causing the explosion to occur

External links

* [http://www.ntsb.gov/Publictn/2000/PAR0001.pdf Natural Gas Pipeline Rupture and Subsequent Explosion, St. Cloud, Minnesota, December 11, 1998] - NTSB report on the incident


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