[3] On August 1, 2019, a section of the pipeline in Lincoln County, Kentucky ruptured and exploded causing the death of one person and injuring five others.
[4][5] On January 21, 2019, two people were injured, and two structures damaged, when a Texas Eastern Transmission Pipeline line exploded and burned, in Noble County, Ohio[6] On April 29, 2016, a 30-inch Texas Eastern/Spectra Energy pipeline exploded, injuring one man, destroying his home, and damaging several others.
The explosion was caused by corrosion so aggressive that it is challenging industry models for how quickly a small anomaly can grow.
[8] On March 23, 1994, during the Edison, New Jersey, natural gas explosion, a 36 inch diameter section of pipeline exploded, destroying numerous apartments nearby.
[11][12] On February 10, 1973, during a cleaning operation, a gas tank exploded in Bloomfield, Staten Island, killing 40 workers.