{"operation":"document","citation":"P-76-056","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-056","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1976-09-15","effective_on":"1976-09-15","summary":"REEMPHASIZE TO CITY PERSONNEL WHO ARE ASSIGNED TO THE EMERGENCY DESK THE IMPORTANCE OF HELPING PEOPLE WHO CALL IN TO REPORT GAS LEAKS, AND REQUIRE THE PERSONNEL TO FURNISH EMERGENCY GAS COMPANY NUMBERS TO THE PUBLIC.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-056.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-056.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-056","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-76-056","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-76-056.\n\nREEMPHASIZE TO CITY PERSONNEL WHO ARE ASSIGNED TO THE EMERGENCY DESK THE IMPORTANCE OF HELPING PEOPLE WHO CALL IN TO REPORT GAS LEAKS, AND REQUIRE THE PERSONNEL TO FURNISH EMERGENCY GAS COMPANY NUMBERS TO THE PUBLIC.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1976-09-15\n\nAdopted Date: 1976-07-07\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1983-01-04\n\nSynopsis: ON JANUARY 10, 1976, GAS WHICH WAS LEAKING INTO THE PATHFINDER HOTEL, IN FREMONT, NEBRASKA, IGNITED. THE GAS WAS LEAKING FROM A 2-INCH PLASTIC PIPE WHICH HAD PULLED OUT OF ITS COMPRESSION COUPLING; THE GAS SEEPED INTO THE HOTEL BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN CAPPED ABOVE BY FROZEN EARTH AND A CONCRETE ROAD SURFACE. THE HOTEL EXPLODED AND FIRE ENSUED; THE EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROYED THE HOTEL, DAMAGED NEARBY BUILDINGS, AND BROKE WINDOWS WITHIN A ONE-BLOCK RADIUS. THIRTY-NINE PERSONS WERE INJURED AND 20 PERSONS WERE KILLED.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA76MP013\n\nReport Number: PAR-76-06\n\nAddressee Name: State of Nebraska, City of Fremont\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1983-01-04\n\nAddressee Organization Type: L-Local Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-10-28\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: CITY OF FREMONT, CITY ADMINISTRATOR, LETTER: THE DISPATCHERS AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DO THIS.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: L-Local Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-01-04\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Organization Type: L-Local Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-10-08\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1614}