Incident Report

Subject:    USA - Rupture of a gas pipeline

Date of Email reporting Incident:   Thu 02/10/2008

Report Detail:

Five people are badly injured and dozens have been evacuated following an early-morning (3rd September 2008) rupture of a 30" natural gas pipeline in Appomattox (Virginia) that destroyed two brick houses. The rupture gave some residents just enough time to get out of their homes before an explosion rocked the area and sent flames 300 feet into the air.
The cause of the rupture is unknown, although more details are expected . The county director of public safety, said gas officials detected the rupture almost immediately and shut off the gas. Flames were visible from miles away. The blast left a crater approximately 50 feet across on Virginia 26, about a mile north of U.S. 460. Large hunks of pipeline were blown across the road and are strewn in a nearby field. The explosion also flung rocks and other debris onto the roofs of nearby homes.

http://www.appomattoxnews.com/2008/appomattox-gas-line-explosion-part-ii.html
http://www.appomattoxnews.com/2008/photos-from-appomattox-gas-line-explosion.html

YOU TUBE Footage
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=r2ths0YAgZs
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dHy1h8norXs&feature=related

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