{"operation":"document","citation":"P-74-049","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-74-049","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1974-10-24","effective_on":"1974-10-24","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY: CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND TEST THE AFFECTED HOMES IN THE AREA FOR THE PRESENCE OF GAS UNTIL NO FURTHER HAZARD FROM THE RESIDUAL GAS IS APPARENT.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-049.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-049.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-049","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-74-049","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-74-049.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY: CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND TEST THE AFFECTED HOMES IN THE AREA FOR THE PRESENCE OF GAS UNTIL NO FURTHER HAZARD FROM THE RESIDUAL GAS IS APPARENT.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1974-10-24\n\nAdopted Date: 1974-10-24\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1976-09-10\n\nSynopsis: ON JUNE 23, 1973, A SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS, FOLLOWED BY FIRE, OCCURRED AT 12321 WELLING LANE IN BOWIE, MARYLAND. THREE OCCUPANTS OF THE HOUSE WERE KILLED, AND A FOURTH WAS INJURED; THE HOUSE WAS BADLY DAMAGED. HOUSES IN A FIVE-BLOCK AREA WERE EVACUATED.\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD73XR006\n\nReport Number: PAR-74-05\n\nAddressee Name: Washington Gas\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1976-09-10\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1975-01-03\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY LTR: THEY HAVE COMPLIED WITH THE RECOMMENDATION. THE WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY HAS INSTALLED CONTINUOUS GAS DETECTORS IN 13 HOMES IN THE RESIDUAL GAS AREA. THE DETECTORS ARE BEING CLOSELY MONITORED AND CHECKED. WGL WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE 13 HOMES UNTIL ALL EVIDENCE OF RESIDUAL GAS IS ELIMINATED.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1301}