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Bushland, TX Pipeline Blast Victims File Lawsuit

November 13, 2009 By TXsharon

Lawsuit filed in Bushland Blast
I saw a video this week of the aftermath. Cars melted, it looked like a bomb had gone off.

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Family hurt in Texas pipeline explosion files suit

The 24-inch pipeline exploded near Bushland, 15 miles west of Amarillo, about 1 a.m. on Nov. 5. The blast shook homes, melted window blinds and shot flames hundreds of feet into the air that were seen 20 miles away. The blast left a hole about 30 yards by 20 yards and close to 15 feet deep.

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  1. Anonymous says

    November 13, 2009 at 8:21 pm

    The PHMSA investigation is looking at a tap in the pipeline that was no longer being used as a factor in the rupture:

    http://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/comm/reports/enforce/documents/420091021H/420091021H_CAO_11102009_text.pdf?nocache=3159

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