Pipeline Explodes in Milford, Roads Closed (Texas)

[The Straight Story]

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NBC 5 has learned a gas pipeline has exploded in Milford, about 50 miles south of Dallas.

According to officials in Ellis County, a pipeline near U.S. Highway 77 and Farm-to-Market Road 308 was being worked on when it exploded.

First responders are being called in from neighborhing cities.

Students in the Milford Independent School District are being evacuated and taken to nearby Italy.

All roads within a 1-mile radius are being closed.

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Pipleline-Explodes-in-Milford-Roads-Closed-231911591.html

[The Straight Story]

1. Update:

News 6 Texhoma ?@News6Texhoma 38s

#BREAKING; A correction to post we made earlier. Italy, TX is not being evacuated, but folks are being evacuated to Italy, TX

[MineralMan]

2. From the link, it sounds like they've shut the pipeline

down and are just waiting for it to burn out. Industrial accident, apparently, since they were working on that location, which looks to be a compressor station.

[gopiscrap]

3. wow, hope all are ok

[MineralMan]

5. According to the TV station at the link, there were no

injuries. That's a good thing. Soon, this will burn out. The pipeline has been shut down, so it's burning off the gas in the section between the shut-off valves. How long that will take depends on how much of the pipeline is between the two locations where it can be shut off.

[gopiscrap]

7. good

[MineralMan]

9. Yup. The work crew probably did something that failed, and

gas started escaping. The protocol for that sort of thing is: Run!

Once this burns off, they'll come back and work on fixing what went wrong.

[KamaAina]

4. When was the last time it was inspected?

Inquiring minds want to know.

[MineralMan]

6. That wasn't said. Apparently a crew was working at that location.

Sounds like an industrial accident. Such things happen in all industries.

[MineralMan]

8. Pipeline incidents are not uncommon at all.

Here's a list of them:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pipeline_accidents_in_the_United_States

Click the links to see all pipeline incidents in a specific time period.