A two-mile evacuation ratio around a Williams fracked methane facility
in Oregon, and once again a state agency investigates while federal
PHMSA does nothing, same near Plymouth, WA, as on Sauvie Island, OR.
Kristi Phil reported for the Tri-City Herald 31 March 2014,
UPDATE: Evacuation radius near Plymouth plant to be reduced,
It’s unknown when Plymouth residents will be able to return to their
homes after an explosion and fire at a nearby natural gas facility
Monday morning triggered fears of a second, larger explosion.
Up to 1,000 residents and agricultural workers were evacuated from a
two-mile radius around Northwest Pipeline in south Benton County
after the explosion, which caused slow leaks from a massive storage
tank and injured five people.
Hazardous materials experts entered the liquefied natural gas
facility Monday afternoon for the first time nearly eight hours
after the initial explosion and fire inside a building at Northwest
Pipeline, a subsidiary of Williams Partners.
Claire Graham and Emily Bowman reported for KNDO 23 and KNDU 25 1 April 2014,
Fire and Explosion at Natural Gas Plant near Plymouth,
Pipeline safety investigators from the Washington Utilities and
Transportation Commission are responding Continue reading Williams fire and explosion near Plymouth, WA 2014-03-31 →
Fourth major incident this year for Williams, this time in Wyoming.
Yet again locals and their local and state governments were left
to pick up the tab,
and the cause is still “under investigation”.
