Company: 1 dead, several injured in Colonial Pipeline blast

Nov 1, 2016 | Accidents, Pipelines

 

Flames shoot into the sky from a gas line explosion in western Shelby County, Alabama, U.S., October 31, 2016.

Flames shoot into the sky from a gas line explosion in western Shelby County, Alabama, U.S., October 31, 2016.

HELENA, Ala. — An explosion along the Colonial Pipeline in rural Alabama killed one worker and injured several others Monday not far from where the line burst and leaked thousands of gallons of gasoline last month, authorities said.
Colonial Pipeline Co. said in a statement late Monday that one worker was killed at the scene, and five others were taken to Birmingham-area hospitals for treatment.

The blast, which sent flames and thick black smoke soaring over the forest, happened about a mile west of where the pipeline ruptured in September, Gov. Robert Bentley said in a statement. That break led to gasoline shortages across the South.

A massive fire roars through a mostly residential neighborhood following a natural gas pipeline rupture that killed eight people and injured more than 60 on Sept. 9, 2010, in San Bruno, California.

A massive fire roars through a mostly residential neighborhood following a natural gas pipeline rupture that killed eight people and injured more than 60 on Sept. 9, 2010, in San Bruno, California.

 

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