Ronan Point was a 23-storey CouncilTower Block in Newham , East London . On 16 May1968 a gas explosion caused the collapse of a whole corner of the building. Four people were killed in the collapse, with one dying later of injuries.
In July 1988 , 167 people died when Occidental Petroleum 's Alpha offshore production platform, on the Piper field in the North Sea , exploded after a gas leak.
On January 17 , 2001 , Natural Gas stored underground in Hutchinson, Kansas leaked into empty Brine caverns. Two explosions resulted from the leak. One destroyed 2 businesses and damaged 26 others. Another destroyed a Trailer Park killing two people. Sinkhole s and gas leaks formed all around the city and the gas had to be slowly burned off.
