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METROPOLITAN UTILITIES DISTRICT

gas_distribution Incident — OMAHA, NE

Incident Information

Report Date—
OperatorMETROPOLITAN UTILITIES DISTRICT
Commodity—
Pipeline Typegas_distribution

Location

CityOMAHA
StateNE
CountyDOUGLAS
Coordinates41.21095, -95.99487

Cause

CauseOTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE
Subcause—

Casualties

Fatalities3
Injuries1

Costs

Property Damage—
Lost Commodity—
Public/Private Damage—
Emergency Response—
Environmental Remediation—
Other Costs—

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Incident Narrative

ON DECEMBER 8, 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 0825HRS THE METROPOLITAN UTILITIES DISTRICT (DISTRICT) WAS NOTIFIED BY THE OMAHA FIRE DEPARTMENT (OFD) OF A WORKING FIRE AT 4810 S 51ST STREET, OMAHA NEBRASKA. DISTRICT PERSONNEL ARRIVED AND SHUT OFF THE GAS TO THIS RESIDENCE. THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY NATURAL GAS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS INCIDENT/LOSS BUT THERE WAS NO DETERMINATION MADE AT THAT TIME. THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE FIRE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. ON THE DAY OF THE LOSS, DISTRICT PERSONNEL PERFORMED A GAS LEAK SURVEY AND AN ODORANT TEST OF THE GAS TRANSMISSION AND SERVICE LINES IN THE AREA. THE GAS LEAK SURVEY SHOWED NO ISSUES WITH THE GAS TRANSMISSION LINE OR ANY CONNECTING SERVICES. THE ODORANT TEST INDICATED SUFFICIENT ODORANT AT ALL TEST LOCATIONS IN THE AREA. ON DECEMBER 23, 2020 THERE WAS A COMBINED INVESTIGATION WITH SEVERAL PARTIES OF INTEREST TO TRY AND LOCATE THE ORIGIN AND CAUSE OF THE LOSS. DURING THIS COMBINED INVESTIGATION, THE GAS SERVICE TO 4810 S 51ST STREET WAS PRESSURE TESTED. THE RESULTS OF THIS PRESSURE TEST REVEALED NO ISSUES OR LEAKS WITH THE GAS SERVICE FROM THE GAS TRANSMISSION LINE TO THE HOUSE FOUNDATION. TO DATE, THE DISTRICTS INVESTIGATION REMAINS OPEN. 12/30/21- AFTER INVESTIGATION, THE METROPOLITAN UTILITIES DISTRICT HAS DETERMINED THAT THE APPARENT CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT WAS TAMPERING WITH THE PIPELINE INSIDE THE STRUCTURE. THE DISTRICT'S CONCLUSION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE RESULTS OF A JOINT NEBRASKA STATE FIRE MARSHAL AGENCY AND OMAHA FIRE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATION THAT TOOK PLACE FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT. IN A CLOSING ACTION LETTER FROM NEBRASKA STATE FIRE MARSHAL TO THE DISTRICT, THE NEBRASKA STATE FIRE MARSHAL CONCLUDED, FOLLOWING THEIR INVESTIGATION, THAT ""THE PRESSURE TEST SHOWED THAT THE PIPELINE DID REMAIN INTACT AND NO GAS WAS DETECTED OUTSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE DURING THE LEAK SURVEY. THE SEARCH AND SORTING THROUGH DEBRIS CONCLUDED WITH EVIDENCE DISCOVERY OF TAMPERING AND THE REMOVAL OF THE NATURAL GAS SAFETY DEVICE FROM PIPELINE INSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE."" THE METROPOLITAN UTILITIES DISTRICT HAS CLOSED ITS INVESTIGATION IN REGARD TO THIS INCIDENT.

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