Huge gas line explosion in Westmoreland County this morning:

[femmocrat]

Near Delmont (where I used to live!):

http://www.wpxi.com/news/gas-well-explosion-reported-in-westmoreland-county/248673618

http://www.wtae.com/news/reports-gas-well-on-fire-in-salem-township/39279470

[2naSalit]

1. Hope nobody got injured!

Oops, I guess someone did.

[blue neen]

2. Holy cow!

We just saw that on the news at noon. How frightening and horrible for the injured man and for the people whose homes were damaged.

[spinbaby]

3. Wow

I think that's one of those big gas lines they're laying all over western PA wherever they're fracking gas wells.

[femmocrat]

4. It is a Texas Eastern Transmission mainline.

I found this article that has some technical information. I do not know if it is part of Mariner East, though.

DEP said it’s a looped line with four pipelines running parallel to one another in the right-of-way, adding that it’s unclear which of the pipelines caused the incident and how badly damaged each one is.

http://www.naturalgasintel.com/articles/106233-massive-texas-eastern-pipeline-explosion-reported-in-southwest-pennsylvania

Here is another good article from the local newspaper: http://triblive.com/news/westmoreland/10391146-74/explosion-gas-fire

[blue neen]

5. It looks like the H-Bomb was dropped there.

Unreal.

[ebbie15644]

6. Near where I live

Probably 6 to 8 miles from me. People still not allowed in their home tonight

[femmocrat]

7. Thanks for the update, ebbie!

Glad you are safe.

[ebbie15644]

8. Welcome!