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PHMSA Report 19850048
PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC & GAS CO — Gas distribution — incident on 1985-02-01
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Gas distribution incident in JERSEY CITY, HUDSON County, NJ. Reported cause: DAMAGE BY OUTSIDE FORCES. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $85,000 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: 19850048.
Operator ID: 15952.
Reported incident date: 19850201.
Cause detail: CIRCUMFERENTIAL BREAK ON A 8" DIAMETER CAST IRON MAIN.PART 3: LEAKING GAS FROM A BROKEN C.I. MAIN APARENTLY ACCUMULTED IN THE BUILDING & WAS IGNITED BY AN UNKNOWN SOURCE.
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