2001 Hutchinson gas explosions

2001 gas explosion in Hutchinson, Kansas May 2025 2001 Hutchinson gas explosions 2001 01 17 2001 01 18 Hutchinson, Kansas, US Natural gas leak 2Hutchinson Natural Gas Explosion https://geokansas.ku.edu/hutchinson-natural-gas-explosion 2025-04-19 geokansas.ku.edu en On January 17, 2001, natural gas stored underground at the Yaggy storage field nearby Hutchinson, Kansas, leaked into empty brine caverns and salt wells, resulting in two gas explosions in the city of Hutchinson on January 17 and 18. Background The city of Hutchinson, Kansas has had a prominent salt mining industry since the 19th century, when salt was discovered in Reno County in 1887.Federal Writer's Project Hutchinson, Kansas History https://www.kspatriot.org/index.php/articles/56-kansas-local-history/345-hutchinson-kansas-history.html 2019-08-09 Kansas State History en-gbKansas and Kansans Ch. p. 996-1009 http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1918ks/v2/996.html https://web.archive.org/web/20060209134049/http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1918ks/v2/996.html February 9, 2006 The primary method to extract salt at the time was pumping water into brine wells, and then evaporating it, leading to the creation of various empty and abandoned brine caverns across the city. The Yaggy storage field, located seven miles northwest of Hutchinson,January 21, 2001 Officials work to plug gas leak https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1291&dat=20010121&id=tFFUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jY4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6595,4592237 Boca Raton News was developed in the 1980s as an underground propane storage field, with wells drilled into lower parts of the Hutchinson Salt Member. The field was eventually purchased by the Kansas Gas Service (KGas), a subsidiary of Oneok, and repurposed into a natural gas storage field.Allison M. Lee 2001 THE HUTCHINSON GAS EXPLOSIONS: UNRAVELING A GEOLOGIC MYSTERY https://geokansas.ku.edu/sites/geokansas/files/files/Hutch_KBA_final.pdf Kansas Bar Association Cause On the morning of January 17, 2001, technicians at the Yaggy storage field noticed a drop in pressure in 16 underground jugs that had been filled with natural gas over the past series of days. KGas traced the drop in pressure to a leak in the S-1 jug since at least January 14. About 143 Mcuft m3 of natural gas had leaked through layers of fractured dolomite into abandoned brine caverns and salt wells, routing them to the surface and into buildings in downtown Hutchinson. Timeline The initial explosion occurred at 10:45 am at the Decor Shop,Domangue Dylan 2025-02-24 Hutchinson building explosion leads to many recalling 2001 deadly blast https://www.kwch.com/2025/02/24/hutchinson-building-explosion-leads-many-recalling-2001-deadly-blast/ 2025-04-19 www.kwch.com en destroying the building, the neighboring Woody's Furniture Store,Gas explosion compensation doesn't appease victims https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2004/feb/17/gas_explosion_compensation/ 2025-04-20 LJWorld.com en-USHutchinson Natural Gas Explosion https://geokansas.ku.edu/hutchinson-natural-gas-explosion 2025-05-24 geokansas.ku.edu en and damaging 26 others. The force of the explosion had blown out windows in nearby buildings, although only minor injuries occurred. A gas fire had ignited at the site of the explosion, of which all attempts to extinguish, including disabling the local gas lines, failed. By the evening, several sinkholes and geysers of water and gas reaching up to 30 ft m formed across the eastern side of the city.Warren John K. https://books.google.com/books?id=ihny39BvVhIC&dq=hutchinson+gas+explosion&pg=PA935 Evaporites:Sediments, Resources and Hydrocarbons 2006-06-12 Springer Science & Business Media 978-3-540-32344-0 en A day later, on January 18, another explosion in a trailer at the Big Chief Mobile Home Park critically injured two, John and Mary Ann Hahn,Economic impact not widespread as Hutchinson recovers from crisis https://books.google.com/books?id=ITJcAAAAIBAJ&dq=hutchinson+gas+explosion&pg=PA21&article_id=1164,1098389 Daily Union both of whom who later died from their injuries.UPDATE ON ACTIVITIES RELATING TO GAS EXPLOSIONS IN HUTCHINSON http://www.accesskansas.org/ksadjutantgeneral/News%20Releases/2001/01-012.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20061215175904/http://www.accesskansas.org/ksadjutantgeneral/News%20Releases/2001/01-012.htm December 15, 2006https://books.google.com/books?id=NQNaAAAAIBAJ&dq=hutchinson+gas+explosion&pg=PA2&article_id=4022,3309171 The Telegraph-Herald The Telegraph-Herald en Response Initial response to the explosions, according to Holloway, was unprepared, as firefighters were unaware of the cause of the first explosion and failed to extinguish the resulting fire, with officials initially attempting to turn off the local gas lines to the buildings.Holloway Michael D. https://books.google.com/books?id=J4ZeDwAAQBAJ&dq=hutchinson+gas+explosion&pg=PA247 Fracking: Further Investigations into the Environmental Considerations and Operations of Hydraulic Fracturing 2018-06-01 John Wiley & Sons 978-1-119-36432-0 enPHOTOS: 2001 gas explosions in Hutchinson, Kansas https://www.kansas.com/news/state/article64033152.html The Wichita Eagle The Kansas National Guard was called in to help evacuate parts of the city because of the gas leaks. Evacuations included more than 200 families; 191 homes on the east side of Hutchinson, including the residents of the Big Chief Mobile Home Park, and 43 businesses. Employees were evacuated from Underground Vaults & Storage, a salt mine storage location which housed the original film negative of The Wizard of Oz and various documents. Gas Geysers Blaze in Kansas https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=94348&page=1 2025-05-25 ABC News en The Kansas Gas Service mobilized more than 100 workers to check for leaks, and began drilling operations to vent the gas in the brine caverns. 57 venting wells were installed by KGas across the city. Governor Bill Graves directed the Kansas Geological Survey to postpone out-of-state geological research for the US Army and to redirect their resources to assisting evaluations of the gas leaks and explosions.Graves orders seismic tests in Hutchinson https://books.google.com/books?id=a-BEAAAAIBAJ&dq=hutchinson+gas+explosion&pg=PA2&article_id=1144,1780140 Daily Union en Aftermath Several lawsuits were filed against KGas and its parent company, Oneok,February 21, 2002 Plaintiffs hopeful about gas explosion lawsuit https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=20020221&id=5kYyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FucFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6783,985626 Lawrence Journal-World one of which reached the Kansas Supreme Court after an appeal from the Reno County District Court, resulting in Oneok being found liable for the incidents but resulted in no damages awarded to the business class plaintiffs,2007-10-26 Case 94570: Gilley v. Kansas Gas Service Co. https://kscourts.gov/Cases-Decisions/Decisions/Published/Gilley-v-Kansas-Gas-Service-Co 2025-05-25 Kansas Judicial Center en-US one that resulted in $5 million in damages being awarded to residential class plaintiffs, and another that resulted in an award of $5.25 million to the plaintiffs, an increase from the initial $1.71 million.2004-09-27 Oneok Must Pay $5M in Class Action Lawsuit Over Yaggy Storage Field Explosions https://naturalgasintel.com/news/oneok-must-pay-5m-in-class-action-lawsuit-over-yaggy-storage-field-explosions/ 2025-05-25 naturalgasintel.com en An unrelated underground gas leak resulted in the explosion of an auto parts store in Hutchinson on February 22, 2025.Lutz Jeffrey Staff KWCH 2025-03-18 NTSB: Hutchinson explosion caused by underground natural gas leak https://www.kwch.com/2025/03/18/ntsb-hutchinson-explosion-caused-by-underground-natural-gas-leak/#:~:text=At%20about%2010:05%20a.m.,estimated%20to%20be%20about%20$875,000. 2025-05-25 www.kwch.com en See also List of gas explosions References Category:2001 disasters in the United States Category:Gas explosions in the United States Category:Building and structure collapses in the United States