# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2012110385 — LPG — CHICO, CA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2012110385  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2012-10-30  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2012-10-30 in CHICO, CA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2012110385.
Incident date: 2012-10-30.
Location: CHICO, CA.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: Reliance Propane Service.
Shipper: Reliance Propane Service.
Materials: UN1075; LPG; hazard class 2.1; 2 LGA released.
What failed: Liquid Valve.
How failed: Leaked.
Reported failure causes: Human Error.
Reported result: Fire, Vapor(Gas) Dispersion.
Reporter-submitted DOT Form 5800.1 data may be incomplete, corrected, supplemented, or misreported. A record, serious-incident classification, failure description, or relationship to a reporting rule is not a PHMSA causal finding, compliance determination, or finding of a violation.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=5M7e7DbaTsfihdJQxXR2fw%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `157e97a1933590aa42019758f24b832caef4138652f9c45bf6cc7e97f6e65a9a`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T11:02:50.263Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2012110385`

### Source metadata

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  "routes": [
    "4933 Anita Rd."
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```