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A whole town is evacuated.
A massive explosion of a 10-inch Chevron natural gas pipeline near a
drilling rig in Milford, Texas, led the company to ask law enforcement
to evacuate the entire town
on Thursday. Milford, in rural Ellis County, is about halfway between
Dallas and Waco. The cause is still unknown, and the fire is expected to
rage for another day.
At 9:30 a.m. CST, huge gouts of flame shot into the air at a what appeared to be a drilling rig, according
to local affiliate FOX 4. Black smoke was visible for at least 20 miles
around. Some vehicles at the worksite appeared to be seriously damaged.
No injuries have been reported so far.
Chevron’s statement simply describes an “incident at a Chevron pipeline” and offered no further details.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/11/14/2942781/massive-pipeline-explosion-texas-evacuation/
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