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原文传递 Building Explosion and Fire, Silver Spring, Maryland, August 10, 2016, NTSB/PAR-19-01.

题名：	Building Explosion and Fire, Silver Spring, Maryland, August 10, 2016, NTSB/PAR-19-01.
关键词：	Building Explosion, Fire, Silver Spring(Maryland), Public Utility Regulation, Natural gas explosion, Firefighter, Recommendations, Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) Program, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
摘要：	On August 10, 2016, at 11:51 p.m. eastern daylight time, a 14-unit apartment building, located at 8701 Arliss Street, in Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland, partially collapsed due to a natural gas-fueled explosion and fire. The explosion and fire also heavily damaged an adjacent apartment building which shared a common wall with building 8701. As a result of this accident, 7 residents died, 65 residents were transported to the hospital, and 3 firefighters were treated and released from the hospital. The investigation focused on the following safety issues: the location and inspection of service regulators within a structure; the inspection of the gas meter assembly; the notification of the natural gas odor to Washington Gas Light Company; and the detection of natural gas through odorants and methane. As a result of this investigation, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) makes new safety recommendations to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; the Public Service Commission of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission Division of Public Utility Regulation, and the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia; the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch; the International Code Council; the National Fire Protection Association; the Gas Technology Institute; and Washington Gas Light Company.
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