# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-056

**Citation:** P-76-056  
**Type / status:** guidance / guidance  
**Agency:** National Transportation Safety Board  
**Effective:** 1976-09-15  
**Published:** 1976-09-15

REEMPHASIZE TO CITY PERSONNEL WHO ARE ASSIGNED TO THE EMERGENCY DESK THE IMPORTANCE OF HELPING PEOPLE WHO CALL IN TO REPORT GAS LEAKS, AND REQUIRE THE PERSONNEL TO FURNISH EMERGENCY GAS COMPANY NUMBERS TO THE PUBLIC.

## Document text

NTSB safety recommendation P-76-056.

REEMPHASIZE TO CITY PERSONNEL WHO ARE ASSIGNED TO THE EMERGENCY DESK THE IMPORTANCE OF HELPING PEOPLE WHO CALL IN TO REPORT GAS LEAKS, AND REQUIRE THE PERSONNEL TO FURNISH EMERGENCY GAS COMPANY NUMBERS TO THE PUBLIC.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1976-09-15

Adopted Date: 1976-07-07

Overall Date Closed: 1983-01-04

Synopsis: ON JANUARY 10, 1976, GAS WHICH WAS LEAKING INTO THE PATHFINDER HOTEL, IN FREMONT, NEBRASKA, IGNITED. THE GAS WAS LEAKING FROM A 2-INCH PLASTIC PIPE WHICH HAD PULLED OUT OF ITS COMPRESSION COUPLING; THE GAS SEEPED INTO THE HOTEL BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN CAPPED ABOVE BY FROZEN EARTH AND A CONCRETE ROAD SURFACE. THE HOTEL EXPLODED AND FIRE ENSUED; THE EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROYED THE HOTEL, DAMAGED NEARBY BUILDINGS, AND BROKE WINDOWS WITHIN A ONE-BLOCK RADIUS. THIRTY-NINE PERSONS WERE INJURED AND 20 PERSONS WERE KILLED.

Ntsbnumber: DCA76MP013

Report Number: PAR-76-06

Addressee Name: State of Nebraska, City of Fremont

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1983-01-04

Addressee Organization Type: L-Local Government

Communication Date: 1982-10-28

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: CITY OF FREMONT, CITY ADMINISTRATOR, LETTER: THE DISPATCHERS AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DO THIS.

Addressee Organization Type: L-Local Government

Communication Date: 1983-01-04

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Organization Type: L-Local Government

Communication Date: 1982-10-08

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-76-056>
- Source ID: `ntsb-pipeline`
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- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T04:57:24.741Z
- Exported: 2026-08-23T20:57:00.208Z
- Document slug: `ntsb-recommendation-p-76-056`

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