Dec 10, 2008

LNG EXPLOSION - 1944

Photo: Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
On October 20, 1944, liquified natural gas from the East Ohio Gas Co. leaked into sewers in Cleveland, Ohio, and explosions and fires killed 130 people and leveled a square mile of homes and businesses. The tragedy ``led to new and safer methods for the low-temperature storage of natural gas,'' according to the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History.