{"operation":"document","citation":"P-76-057","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-057","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1976-09-15","effective_on":"1976-09-15","summary":"COORDINATE EMERGENCY ACTIVITIES WITH THE GAS COMPANY AND DETERMINE WHAT RESPONSES SHOULD BE MADE TO VARIOUS TYPES OF GAS EMERGENCIES.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-057.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-057.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-057","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-76-057","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-76-057.\n\nCOORDINATE EMERGENCY ACTIVITIES WITH THE GAS COMPANY AND DETERMINE WHAT RESPONSES SHOULD BE MADE TO VARIOUS TYPES OF GAS EMERGENCIES.\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Number: PAR-76-06\n\nAddressee Name: State of Nebraska, City of Fremont\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1983-01-04\n\nAddressee Organization Type: L-Local Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-10-28\n\nCommunication Type: Official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 LOCAL GAS COMPANY IS CALLED FOR ALL FIRE CALLS.\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":1533}