Pops this modern Days and as you say regardless this was horrific and with out a shadow of doubt preventable
Who ever was at fault will live with the results of this for the rest of there lives and we all can only hope that
measures are put fourth to prevent this from happening...To me it could have been anything on that train..
A runaway is a runaway and just as deadly
I lived in between to refineries 1 was heating oil and petro the other plant was jet fuel...While servicing a storage tank
they caused a massive explosion and fire that burned for 3 days 1/4 mile from my house
Conoco Phillips in Trainer
1998: A tank fire rocks the refinery in October as nearly 700,000 gallons of jet fuel burns, but there are no serious injuries. )
Also here is a list of recorded pipeline failures since 2000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pipeline_accidents_in_the_United_States_in_the_21st_century