# VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER COMP — Gas distribution — incident on 1972-12-11

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 1720875  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1972-12-11  
**Published:** 1981-08-24

Gas distribution incident in NEWPORT NEWS, NEWPORT NEWS County, VA. Reported cause: OTHER. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 1 injuries, $0 reported property damage. Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. Records may be supplemented or corrected and do not represent final agency causal findings.

## Document text

Gas distribution incident in NEWPORT NEWS, NEWPORT NEWS County, VA. Reported cause: OTHER. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 1 injuries, $0 reported property damage. Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. Records may be supplemented or corrected and do not represent final agency causal findings.

Report number: 1720875.

Operator ID: 21350.

Reported incident date: 12/11/1972.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/3087a9da-c2f1-4bcd-9951-fa524e08aca7?download=true&filename=Gas%20Distribution%20Incident%20Data%20-%201970%20to%20mid%201984.zip>
- Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents`
- SHA-256: `2519cbbaae835012e3fcab07a3a1b05aaf03f08a48f2db2d4155a57bf7d0bad5`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T02:01:25.153Z
- Exported: 2026-08-23T10:02:49.717Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-5ba31c274cdf543c7dd17731`

### Source metadata

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