Explosion at Colorado Refinery (Accident during routine procedure)

Foxnews.com ^ | February 26, 2006

[sasha123]

Just reported by FOXNEWS.COM - an explosion at a Colorado Refinery

htBlast at Colo. Refinery Spurs Evacuations Sunday, February 26, 2006

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FORT LUPTON, Colo. — An explosion at a refinery pumping station near Fort Lupton, Colo., has spurred authorities to evacuate people and livestock within a 1-mile radius.

A plume of smoke could be seen about 30 miles away in Denver.

There is no word on what caused the blast.

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[cardinal4]

Bush did it at Roves request to deflect away from the port nonsense..../sarcasm

[digger48]

Wonderful....another 20 cents at the pump tomorrow.

[Apercu]

There is a big difference between a pumping station in the middle of a cow pasture & a "Refinery".Somebody at Fox News must have purchased options on Friday - more "scare" & balanced news.

[demlosers]

http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=Fort+Lupton,+CO

[beyond the sea]

"Exposion"?

[Revolting cat!]

Exposion at Colorado Refinery

Any hot babes get exposed? Pictures, please!

[freedomson]

get series

[Just A Nobody]

You okay?

[sasha123]

ok, ok ok, EXPLOSION - I hope you guys feel better now.

But, as long as someone (or all of you) can have a laugh today, then I guess it was worth it.

[beyond the sea]

LOL. Exposions are never as bad as explosions.

Dan Rather and Mary Mapes had an "Exposion".

;-)

[cmsgop]

Maybe Dr Fudge will cover this on his radio show tonight........

[Babsig]

How did you that quickly copy the first comment from DU?

[A.A. Cunningham]

Minor incident out in the boonies near Dacono.

Explosion causes evacuations in southwest Weld County
Paola Farer Web Producer

Created: 2/26/2006 12:49 PM MST - Updated: 2/26/2006 1:56 PM MST

WELD COUNTY - An explosion at a natural gas compression station in southwest Weld County injured one employee and forced people living in the area to evacuate Sunday.

The explosion happened while the employee was bleeding off a gas pipeline, said Weld County sheriff's spokeswoman Margie Martinez. She says this is a normal procedure and it's not clear what triggered the explosion.

The employee suffered burns to the hands and face and was transported to the Northern Colorado Medical Center.

For over an hour, the fire sent up 20-foot flames and a plume of black smoke that was visible from the south Denver Metro area.

The compression station is located off of County Road 19, between roads 8 and 10, southwest of Fort Lupton and southeast of Dacono. People living within a one-mile radius were evacuated when the fire was at its height. They will be allowed to return home soon, Martinez said.

She said the gas line that was feeding the station has been turned off and only the residual gas is still burning.

The Fort Lupton Fire Department had to pull its crews back from the scene because the fire was too hot and they didn't have the right equipment. They called for the evacuation due to concern over a pressurized tank that sits at the site.

EnCana owns the gas pipeline. It was a Kerr-McGee employee who was bleeding off the line when the explosion happened.

You can watch a full report on this story tonight on 9News at 5 p.m.

This picture was taken from Frederick (Highway 52 and CR 15) at 12:20 p.m.

[Tammy8]

Well whatever it was we know it was not related to terrorism. We know this from past expierence when stories like this break, before all the facts are available they always assure us it was not related to terrorism. I am sure at least one media talking head has already announced that.

[76834]

According to the article it was an explosion at a natural gas compressor station, not a refinery.
I said "compressor station" because you dont pump gas, you compress it.

There are a lot of differences.

The reporter is an idiot.

[Dust in the Wind]

"The explosion happened while the employee was bleeding off a gas pipeline, said Weld County sheriff's spokeswoman Margie Martinez. She says this is a normal procedure and it's not clear what triggered the explosion."

Static discharge? It's dry, breezy and warm.

[Quick Shot]

Non-Somking Zone?????

[76834]

Very possible.

I looked at pix on Fox.
Possibly a liquids recovery bottle downstream from the coolers.

Fire doesnt look very series

[sasha123]

There is a huge difference... not good, but much better than initially reported on line on this article. Thanks!