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    Mar 27, 2011 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  1. State trails others in gas pipeline fixes

    OF THE MORNING CALL
    Pennsylvania is laced with 11,000 miles of aging gas pipelines like the one implicated in the deadly Feb. 9 explosion in Allentown because legislators, regulators and gas companies haven't agreed on how to accelerate pipeline replacement -- a reform...

    Tags: Phyllis Mundy, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Environmental Issues, Lisa M Boscola, Emergency Incidents

    2. Jun 12, 2011 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  2. UGI settles with family of two gas blast victims

    Of The Morning Call
    UGI Utilities has settled the wrongful-death claims for two of the victims of the natural gas explosion in Allentown -- a confidential agreement that comes just four months after an accident that killed five and leveled a city block. The settlement,...

    Tags: Trials, Justice System, Emergency Incidents, Disasters and Accidents, Trials

    3. Feb 17, 2011 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  3. City's blast costs exceed $60,000

    The massive emergency response to last week's deadly natural gas explosion in Allentown cost nearly $61,000, according to city figures released Wednesday, though the true financial toll of the blast may not be known for some time.
    The massive emergency response to last week's deadly natural gas explosion in Allentown cost nearly $61,000, according to city figures released Wednesday, though the true financial toll of the blast may not be known for some time. Mayor Ed Pawlowski said...

    Tags: Explosions, Ed Pawlowski, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Emergency Incidents

    4. Apr 1, 2011 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  4. Financial cost of gas blast rises

    The costs stemming from Allentown's deadly natural gas explosion has reached $200,000, a city spokesman said this week, though the true financial toll is estimated to be as much as double.
    Of The Morning Call
    The costs stemming from Allentown's deadly natural gas explosion has reached $200,000, a city spokesman said this week, though the true financial toll is estimated to be as much as double. Clearing the debris of the two houses that blew up and...

    Tags: Explosions, Ed Pawlowski, Emergency Incidents, Emergency Incidents, Allentown

    5. Apr 5, 2011 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  5. Federal official urges pipeline safety forum

    Standing yards away from Allentown's gas explosion ground zero, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Monday said he was working with pipeline owners, Congress and regulators to strengthen pipeline safety and make sure explosions like the one that happened Feb. 9 don't happen again.
    Of The Morning Call
    Standing yards away from Allentown's gas explosion ground zero, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Monday said he was working with pipeline owners, Congress and regulators to strengthen pipeline safety and make sure explosions like the one that...

    Tags: Ed Pawlowski, Punishment, Bill Shuster, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Emergency Incidents

    6. Apr 16, 2011 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  6. UGI to step up pipeline replacement

    UGI Utilities will double its spending to replace cast iron gas pipeline this year, following criticism that the company has been too slow in getting the aging, leaking lines out of the ground.
    Of The Morning Call
    UGI Utilities will double its spending to replace cast iron gas pipeline this year, following criticism that the company has been too slow in getting the aging, leaking lines out of the ground. The natural gas utility intends to replace six miles of cast...

    Tags: Ed Pawlowski, Environmental Issues, Emergency Incidents, Emergency Incidents, Allentown

    7. Feb 13, 2011 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  7. Long road back for blast survivors

    Tears streamed down Jane Brinker's face Thursday morning as she watched news coverage of the explosion that killed five people and affected many others in center city Allentown the night before.
    Of The Morning Call
    Tears streamed down Jane Brinker's face Thursday morning as she watched news coverage of the explosion that killed five people and affected many others in center city Allentown the night before. It was a scene all too familiar for Brinker, a blast...

    Tags: Environmental Issues, Justice System, Emergency Incidents, Disasters and Accidents, Northampton County (Pennsylvania)

    8. Apr 3, 2011 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  8. UGI leading Allentown blast probe

    After the fires were out and the dead accounted for, state regulators tasked with determining the cause of the natural gas explosion that leveled an Allentown city block ordered UGI Utilities to dig up its own pipe and find out why it failed.
    OF THE MORNING CALL
    After the fires were out and the dead accounted for, state regulators tasked with determining the cause of the natural gas explosion that leveled an Allentown city block ordered UGI Utilities to dig up its own pipe and find out why it failed. In...

    Tags: Arbitration, Environmental Issues, Technology, Justice System, Emergency Incidents

    9. Feb 14, 2011 |Story| KTLA-LTV

  9. Cracked Gas Pipe May Have Led To Deadly Allentown Blast

    ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- A crack in a 12-inch gas main is the likely cause of an explosion that killed five people in Allentown last week, power utility officials said on Monday.
    Reuters
    ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- A crack in a 12-inch gas main is the likely cause of an explosion that killed five people in Allentown last week, power utility officials said on Monday. Discovery of the crack is a significant development and the power company has...

    Tags: Explosions, Emergency Incidents, Allentown

    10. Feb 11, 2011 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  10. Allentown Gas Explosion Timeline Of Events

    A breakdown of events in the Allentown explosion Wednesday night that killed five people:
    A breakdown of events in the Allentown explosion Wednesday night that killed five people: 10:50 p.m. -- Explosion in 500 block of N. 13th Street levels two homes and spreads fire to six others. 11 p.m. -- UGI Utilities called. 11 p.m. -- Evacuation...

    Tags: Explosions, Ed Pawlowski, Career and Workplace, Emergency Incidents, Accidental Death

    11. Mar 3, 2011 | Allentown Morning Call

  11. Gas safety gets Congressional hearing after Allentown blast

    Pennsylvania Ave.
    The chairman of the Congressional subcommittee that oversees gas pipeline safety will travel to Montgomery County Monday to hold an informal roundtable on the topic following fatal explosions in Allentown and Philadelphia. The 11/2-hour listening...
    12. Aug 9, 2005 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  12. Home sweet home

    EMERGENCY NUMBERS For ambulance, fire and police emergencies, regardless of your location in the Lehigh Valley, dial 9-1-1. The following areas also maintain non-emergency telephone numbers for contact. Allen Township, 610-262-1101 Allentown, 610-437-...

    Tags: AAA, Weather, Radio, Erwinna, Disasters and Accidents

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