It is very easy to shut off a gas valve, four bucks at Amazon.
Posted on 12/23/2025 4:46:51 PM PST by dynachrome
BRISTOL TWP., Pa. (WPVI) -- Two people are dead after an apparent gas explosion collapsed part of a nursing home in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday afternoon, leaving an unknown number of people trapped in the rubble.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro confirmed the two deaths at a news conference Tuesday evening. Rescuers believe five people remain unaccounted for, Shapiro said, but he cautioned that the numbers remain preliminary.
Action News has also learned that at least 21 people were sent to various hospitals. The extent of their injuries remain unclear.
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How sad. A woman who works at the facility smelled natural gas odor over the weekend and “flagged” it.
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“One woman who works at the facility said she has been trying to contact co-workers, but no one is answering their phones. That woman also told Action News that she flagged a gas smell over the weekend.“
Should have called police.
I once left work at my last job and smelled gas leaving the parking deck to the street. I called the police and they had a gas crew there in no time.
This may have been “gas.”
However, I still doubt the lame “gas explosion” excuse used at dozens of others.
Here’ are some of many meth lab accidental explosions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHPBKnXVnCQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRuQGzPpqLs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4GhPsgd6rk
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It is very easy to shut off a gas valve, four bucks at Amazon.
Did Cuomo move to PA? He likes killing people in nursing homes, IIRC.
She is a dope. When you smell gas, you call the gas company. They will immediately dispatch a team. You don’t go through “channels”, “chain of command”, or “supervisors”. You always, always, contact the gas company and fire department.>>> And there are huge billboards all over philly stating that obvious instruction.
One of the things we trained in the hospital is that if you smelled gas, you did not stop trying to get someone to do something about it. That includes pulling the fire alarm.
Someone that smelled it and went home without it being acted on is negligence at an amazingly high level.
When I was a kid people doing work on a storm drainage system hit a gas line and didn’t know it. It leaked thru cracks around pipes in the earth, got into some basements of houses, and ultimately was ignited by a pilot light. Two houses leveled, one more structurally damaged enough it was a tear down, three dead. Apparently insulation was coming out of the sky like snow ~1/2 mile away at our house (I was at school, but parents were home).
If you smell mercaptan (the smelly gas they put in natural gas), TAKE IT SERIOUSLY!
Are you forgetting Admiral Levine?
Yeah, if you small gas in a building, you should call 911 right now.
When I was working in Mountain View, Cali., crews were beginning work on a housing subdivision beside the company site. One of the first tasks was digging a trench across the street to connect to electric and gas. The 8-inch gas main was poorly mapped, and was in the middle of the street, instead of under the opposite sidewalk. The utilities map was 40 years old, and the street had gone from one lane to two lane since.
The backhoe cut the gas line, of course, and everybody ran for their lives. My building was 200 yards away, and we evacuated to the parking lot on the other side of the building. No explosion, fortunately.
You’re absolutely right. Our apartment manager told us the exact same words.
CALL THE GAS COMPANY, then everybody else.
Oh my. One reason I’m weary of natural gas while I know it’s safe and clean. I prefer it cooking rather than electric.
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