RICHMOND, CITY OF — Gas distribution — incident on 2013-04-07

Gas distribution incident in HENRICO, VA. Reported cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $23 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: 20130049.

Operator ID: 17360.

Reported incident date: 4/7/2013 9:45.

Location detail: 2832 DOVER HUNT PLACE

Cause detail: NEARBY INDUSTRIAL, MAN-MADE, OR OTHER FIRE/EXPLOSION AS PRIMARY CAUSE OF INCIDENT

Cause detail: THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE TELEPHONE CALL PLACED ON APRIL 7, 2013. INCIDENT REPORT #1043186, WHICH OCCURRED AT 2832 DOVER HUNT PL., HENRICO, VA. A FIRE, UNRELATED TO NATURAL GAS, WAS THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT. THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL IN NATURE. THE CITY OF RICHMOND PERFORMED A SERIES OF TESTS WHICH INCLUDED A LEAK SURVEY OF THE OUTER PERIMETER OF THE BUILDING, BAR HOLE TEST, AND A PRESSURE TEST OF THE GAS SERVICE. DURING THE FIRE,THE METER & REGULATOR WAS DESTROYED, A PRESSURE TEST REVEALED NO LEAK DETECTEDON THE SERVICE LINE. ALSO, THE CITY OF RICHMOND, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES, HAD AN ODOROMETER TEST PERFORMED BY THE SUPERVISOR OF PRESSURE CONTROL AND FOUND THE ODORANT TO BE IN THE ACCEPTABLE RANGE.

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

PHMSA standardized cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE — FIRE/EXPLOSION AS PRIMARY CAUSE.

PHMSA indexed costs: $723 reported total cost, $373.961 in 1984 dollars, $920.95 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.