Training Feb. 10th, 1973; Staten Island liquefied natural gas explosion in kills 40 workers Feb. 10, 1973, a chilly Saturday afternoon, a flash fire erupted in the cavernous interior of a smaller LNG tank in Bloomfield. Natural gas trapped inside fueled the fire and created a force that ripped the concrete dome from its anchors and sent it crashing onto workers more than 100 feet below. Forty men were […] Written by Ryan Henry February 11, 2020March 12, 2020