# ALABAMA GAS CORPORATION — Gas distribution — incident on 2005-10-10

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20050145  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2005-10-10  
**Published:** 2005-10-10

Gas distribution incident in BIRMINGHAM, JEFFERSON County, AL. Reported cause: 25. Reported consequences: 3 fatalities, 0 injuries, $50,000 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. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, serious incident, not fire-first.

## Document text

Gas distribution incident in BIRMINGHAM, JEFFERSON County, AL. Reported cause: 25. Reported consequences: 3 fatalities, 0 injuries, $50,000 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: 20050145.

Operator ID: 180.

Reported incident date: 10/10/2005.

Cause detail: UNKNOWN

Cause detail: THERE HAVE BEEN PUBLIC REPORTS BY THE INVESTIGATING FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT THE SERVICE LINE RUPTURED BY EXTERNAL FORCES FROM FALLING DEBRIS AFTER RESIDENCE CAUGHT FIRE.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, serious incident, not fire-first.

PHMSA standardized cause: ALL OTHER CAUSES — UNKNOWN.

PHMSA indexed costs: $50,000 reported total cost, $30,190.302 in 1984 dollars, $74,349.421 in current-year dollars.

PHMSA trend flags, standardized causes, and indexed costs are analytical fields added to operator-reported incident data. They do not represent final agency causal findings.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/ef2727e4-bb70-4544-b292-9429027a9b14?download=true&filename=Gas%20Distribution%20Incident%20Data%20-%20March%202004%20to%20December%202009.zip>
- Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents`
- SHA-256: `5b0e30819a491275b441356d3d54e3773be83c0d18f6a892df1761de62ae8c7b`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-23T22:33:23.108Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-dd9380260da8c1a442baab2d`

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