NTSB Safety Recommendation P-77-024

NTSB safety recommendation P-77-024.

EXPEDITE THE UPDATING OF ITS GAS PIPING RECORDS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO ELIMINATE UNCERTAINTIES ON FUTURE SYSTEM MAINTENANCE WORK.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1977-09-27

Adopted Date: 1977-09-16

Overall Date Closed: 1978-05-04

Synopsis: ON MAY 25, 1977, AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROYED A BUILDING AT 65-67 ARCH STREET IN GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT. TWO ADJACENT BUILDINGS WERE ALSO DESTROYED AND ANOTHER BUILDING WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED. FIREMEN EVACUATED RESIDENTS FROM A TWO-BLOCK AREA 30 MINUTES AFTER THE EXPLOSION. TEN PERSONS REQUIRED MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR INJURIES CAUSED BY THE ACCIDENT.

Ntsbnumber: DCA77FP024

Report Number: None

Addressee Name: Connecticut Natural Gas Corporation

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1978-05-04

Addressee Acronym: CNG

Addressee Organization Type: S-State Government

Communication Date: 1977-10-13

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: LTR FROM CONNECTICUT NATURAL GAS CORP: CONNECTICUT NATURAL GAS HAS BEEN WORKING ON RECORDS UPDATING (ESPECIALLY IN THE GREENWICH AREA) SINCE 1975. CURRENT ACTIVITIES IN LINE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION ARE: HIRING OF TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE TO ASSIST IN OFFICE AND FIELD WORK; APPROVAL OF EXPENDITURE TO REDUCE THE MAPPING TIME FROM 3 YEARS TO BE FINISHED DURING 1978.

Addressee Acronym: CNG

Addressee Organization Type: S-State Government

Communication Date: 1978-01-24

Communication Type: Official Correspondence