Gas Fire Blazes in Texas After Pipeline Hit by Car

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2 年前

Hundreds of residents in Mansfield, Texas, were evacuated from their homes after a vehicle struck a natural gas pipeline causing a large fire in the early hours of March 23.

At around 1 am, a vehicle hit a natural gas pipeline near an Exxon service station at the intersection of Highway 360 and US road 287, the Mansfield Fire Department said.

People living within a one-mile radius of the incident were asked to evacuate to a local elementary school, the fire service said. They were allowed to return home by 4 am as the huge blaze was brought under control.

The driver of the vehicle involved was airlifted to an area hospital with major injuries, the fire department said. Credit: Wes Trimble via Storyful