Where was the explosion in Columbia?
In respect to this, what building blew up today?
The collapsed ceiling of a home after an explosion at a northwest Houston, Texas, manufacturing business, Jan. 24, 2020. Authorities urged residents who felt the blast to search around their homes for debris and body parts.
Thereof, what caused Columbia Gas explosion?
On September 13, 2018, excessive pressure in natural gas lines owned by Columbia Gas of Massachusetts caused a series of explosions and fires to occur in as many as 40 homes, with over 80 individual fires, in the Merrimack Valley, Massachusetts, towns of Lawrence, Andover, and North Andover.
Authorities had initially stated that the chemical was polypropylene but later corrected themselves and said propylene is the chemical that was burning following the explosion. Propylene, also known at propene or methyl ethylene, is a colorless gas.