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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

This is from today's newspaper. Someone made a very expensive mistake. A contractor was preparing the site for a shopping center and they struck a large diameter crude oil pipeline. The shut off valve was a ways away, and 88,000 gallons of crude spewed out. It looked like an old time gusher for a while. It was spewing many feet into the air.

The good thing is the heavy equipment crew that caused it, started building temporary dikes to contain the mess. The contractor is 100% responsible for the cleanup, and the loss of oil. I hope is insurance is paid up, and has good limits.

More important, I am glad I am not responsible for that whoops.

Someone paid the ultimate price for this one.

https://www.smh.com.au/world/texas-gas-explosion-leaves-one-dead-20100608-xr8a.html

A work crew has ruptured a high-pressure natural gas pipeline, triggering an explosion and massive fireball that left one person dead and at least seven more injured.

Cleburne Fire Chief Clint Ishmael said all 13 workers on the crew at the site when the blast took place were accounted for and that one was dead, CNN reported on Monday.
This aerial photo shows the wide area of land affected by the natural gas line explosion in Cleburn.

This aerial photo shows the wide area of land affected by the natural gas line explosion in Cleburn.Credit: AP

The blast occurred about 2.30pm local time on Monday afternoon about five kilometres south of Pecan Plantation, a 5000-resident gated community in nearby Hood County.

Officials said the fire, with flames shooting about 200 metres skyward, raged for about two hours.
Flames shoot into the air after a natural gas line exploded in Cleburne.

Flames shoot into the air after a natural gas line exploded in Cleburne.Credit: AP

The body of a man was found about 200 metres from the blast site about 7.45pm local time, Johnson County Sheriff Bob Alford said.

Authorities said workers with C&H Power Line Construction Services of Dewey, Oklahoma, were boring a hole for a power line pole when an auger hit a 36-inch natural gas transmission line.