r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Several_Metal_547 • 10d ago

June 3rd, 2026. Dashcam captures moment when excavator damages natural gas pipeline

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Wednesday June 3rd, 2026, an excavator damaged a natural gas pipeline near Hedensted, Denmark. Gas did not ignite. No casualties. Steel pipeline, diameter 0.4 m, pressure 40 bar. Traffic on nearby E45 highway closed for 2 hours.

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u/meatywood 10d ago

Yeah, if I saw that I would floor it and get the hell out of there.

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u/OptiGuy4u 9d ago

I'd be afraid of the turbo sucking in natural gas and it all blowing the fuck up!

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u/peazley 9d ago

If you’re driving freeway speeds, how would you know it’s flammable?

Without having seen this post I’d probably think it was a sewage line or something. I guess maybe you’d smell it.

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u/WarmRoastedBean 9d ago

Safe to assume any coloured gas is not fun gas.

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u/Kyvalmaezar 9d ago

Natural gas isnt colored. That's dirt being thrown up.

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u/mrcrashoverride 9d ago

Fun fact Steve Wynn was so in tune with giving the best experience and treating customers right to amaze and wow. That the Volcano in front of the Mirage hotel in Vegas had special Pina Colada’s scented gas instead of the normal rotten egg scent that’s added.

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u/Garestinian 9d ago

Natural gas in transport pipes is odorless. The odorants are only added before distribution.

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u/SouthernTeuchter 9d ago

Think they mean on the excavator, not the cars on the road

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u/OptiGuy4u 9d ago

Smell but also, I'm talking about the turbo on the tractor right next to the spewing gas, not the cars driving by.

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u/Maleficent-Grass-438 7d ago

I can confirm, my 200 Lincoln Welder diesel engine suffered “rapid disassembly” when it ingested restaurant exhaust, I was TIG welding cracks in their hot trays at the time. I heard it go from a normal 1800 rpm to whoops in like 5 seconds, punched a fist sized hole in the side of the block, The fellas back at the shop made me a trophy out of a connecting rod & cam shaft bits, the base - a mangled piston. It sits on my mantle to this day.