# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-79-012

**Citation:** P-79-012  
**Type / status:** guidance / guidance  
**Agency:** National Transportation Safety Board  
**Effective:** 1979-06-11  
**Published:** 1979-06-11

TRAIN ALL PERSONNEL INVOLVED WITH UPRATING PROCEDURES TO ASSURE KNOWLEDGE OF APPLICABLE REGULATIONS AND WRITTEN COMPANY UPRATING PROCEDURES.

## Document text

NTSB safety recommendation P-79-012.

TRAIN ALL PERSONNEL INVOLVED WITH UPRATING PROCEDURES TO ASSURE KNOWLEDGE OF APPLICABLE REGULATIONS AND WRITTEN COMPANY UPRATING PROCEDURES.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1979-06-11

Adopted Date: 1979-06-01

Overall Date Closed: 1983-03-31

Synopsis: ON JANUARY 16, 1979, AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROYED FIVE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND DAMAGED SEVERAL OTHER BUILDINGS IN LONDON, KENTUCKY. TWO PERSONS WERE INJURED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT. FIREFIGHTERS, THE FIRST EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ON THE SCENE, EVACUATED THE BUILDINGS. THE LOCAL MANAGER AND A GAS SERVICEMAN FROM THE GAS SERVICE COMPANY, INC., (A SUBSIDIARY OF THE DELTA NATURAL GAS CO., INC.) ARRIVED ABOUT 5 MINUTES AFTER THE EXPLOSION. TWENTY-FIVE FIRE COMPANIES ASSISTED IN EXTINGUISHING THE FIRE.

Ntsbnumber: PLD79XR001

Report Number: PAR-79-02

Addressee Name: Delta Natural Gas Company, Inc.

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1983-03-31

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1982-10-20

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: DELTA NATURAL GAS COMPANY LETTER: STANDARD PRACTICE 0-49, COMPANY, PUBLIC, AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS EDUCATION PLAN, WAS FILED WITH THE KENTUCKY PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 21, 1979, WITH SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS BEING SUBMITTED AS TO THE PROGRESSIVE STATUS OF ACTIVITY IN THESE AREAS.

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1983-03-31

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1982-10-08

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-79-012>
- Source ID: `ntsb-pipeline`
- SHA-256: `06d5c7c332af7cc74429b5f55e7a51352318135549406fb692b7686dc9d7d505`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T04:57:24.741Z
- Exported: 2026-08-23T01:32:03.567Z
- Document slug: `ntsb-recommendation-p-79-012`

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