DOMINION EAST OHIO

Incident Narrative

ON MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 2:30PM A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME AT 2022 WEST 63RD STREET, CLEVELAND, OH (CUYAHOGA COUNTY) WAS INVOLVED IN AN EXPLOSION/FIRE. THE GAS SERVICE LINE WAS SHUT-OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 4:30PM. A LEAK SURVEY OF THE MAIN LINES AND SERVICE LINES ON W. 83RD BETWEEN MADISON AND LORAIN REVEALED NO INDICATIONS OF GAS NEAR THE STRUCTURE. A SERVICE LEAK AT 2131 WEST 83RD STREET WAS DETECTED DURING THE LEAK SURVEY. THIS SERVICE LINE WAS REPLACED UPON DISCOVERY. ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 26TH, 2010 THE SERVICE LINE AT 2022 W. 83RD WAS AIR TESTED AT OPERATING PRESSURE WITH NO PRESSURE LOSS. AN ODOR TEST WAS CONDUCTED AT 2028 WAST 83RD STREET. THE RESULTS OF THIS ODOR TEST REVEALED ODOR LEVELS WELL WITHIN DOT COMPLIANCE LEVELS. OUR INVESTIGATION REVEALED AN ODOR COMPLAINT AT THIS RESIDENCE ON JANUARY 18TH. DOMINION PERSONNEL RESPONDED TO THE CALL AND MET WITH THE CLEVELAND FIRE DEPARTMENT. DOMINION FOUND THE METER DISCONNECTED AND THE METER SHUT-OFF VALVE IN THE HALF OPEN POSITION. THE SHUT-OFF VALVE WAS CLOSED BY THE DOMINION TECHNICIAN AND SECURED WITH A LOCKING DEVICE. THE TECHNICIAN PLACED A 3/4 INCH PLUG IN THE OPEN END OF THE VALVE. THE TECHNICIAN ALSO ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE CURB-SLOP VALVE, BUT COULD NOT. THE SERVICE LINE WAS THEN BAR HOLE TESTED UTILIZING A COMBUSTIBLE GAS INDICATOR FROM THE STREET TO THE STRUCTURE. AS A RESULT. NO LEAKAGE WAS DISCOVERED. A SECOND ATTEMPT TO CTOSE THE CURB BOX VALVE ON JANUARY 19TH ENDED WHEN BLOCKAGE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE VALVE BOX. THE VALVE BOX WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING SCHEDULED FOR EXCEVATLON AND SHUT OFF BY A CONSTRUCTION CREW AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. AN INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT SITE DETERMINED THE CAUSE TO BE ARSON AS APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES OF SERVICE LINE AND THE METER SHUT-OFF VALVE (WITH LOCKING DEVICE STILL INTACT), DETACHED FROM THE SERVICE LINE, WERE RECOVERED INSIDE THE STRUCTURE.