# QUESTAR GAS COMPANY — Gas distribution — incident on 2002-05-22

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- **citation:** PHMSA Report 20020071
- **title:** QUESTAR GAS COMPANY — Gas distribution — incident on 2002-05-22
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2002-06-19
- **effective on:** 2002-05-22
- **summary:** Gas distribution incident in FORT DUCHESNE, UINTA County, UT. Reported cause: DAMAGE BY OUTSIDE FORCES. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $92,000 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. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.
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Gas distribution incident in FORT DUCHESNE, UINTA County, UT. Reported cause: DAMAGE BY OUTSIDE FORCES. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $92,000 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: 20020071.

Operator ID: 12876.

Reported incident date: 20020522.

Location detail: NO DATA

Cause detail: AS A RESULT OF ARSON THE INTENSE HEAT FROM THE BUILDING FIRE CAUSED THE QUESTAR OWNED SERVICE REGULATOR TO FAIL AND RELEASE GAS. WITH THIS RELEASE OF GAS, THERE WAS A SECONDARY IGNITION AT THE REGULATOR.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE — UNSPECIFIED OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE.

PHMSA indexed costs: $92,000 reported total cost, $59,756.32 in 1984 dollars, $147,161.426 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.
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