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VIDEO: Alabama gas pipeline explodes, burns for 90 minutes.

December 8, 2011 By TXsharon

An update about the Williams- Transco pipeline explosion. From GhostBlogger.

A Williams-Transco gas transmission pipeline exploded on December 3 in Alabama:

A video of the fire:

The fire burned for 90 minutes after the gas was shut off. There were no injuries. Maybe Williams is “warming up” (pun intended) for PHMSA a Forum on Emergency Responders to be held on December 9. Add this to the list of major gas pipeline explosions in Ohio & Mississippi in recent weeks.

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  1. Jim Etheredge says

    December 11, 2011 at 6:15 pm

    I was there! I was in a deer stand about two miles fom the flame. I didn’t hear the explosion, but I could hear the roar. From where I was,the flame was in the direction of where I parked my truck. I thought that my truck had exploded and was the cause of the fire. As I ran toward my truck, I realized that the flame was a long way away. I still thought that I was seeing a big forest fire and wondered if that what big fire sounded like. It was like the sound of two big jet engines. I have seen reports that the flame was 100 feet in the air, but my estimate is 200 to 250 feet. I’ve never seen anything like that on T.V. or in the movies!

    • TXsharon says

      December 11, 2011 at 6:34 pm

      How terrifying! I’m glad you and your truck are okay.

  2. jim Etheredge says

    December 12, 2011 at 6:48 am

    I was there! I was in a deer stand about two miles fom the flame. I didn’t hear the explosion, but I could hear the roar. From where I was,the flame was in the direction of where I parked my truck. I thought that my truck had exploded and was the cause of the fire. As I ran toward my truck, I realized that the flame was a long way away. I still thought that I was seeing a big forest fire and wondered if that what big fire sounded like. It was like the sound of two big jet engines. I have seen reports that the flame was 100 feet in the air, but my estimate is 200 to 250 feet. I’ve never seen anything like that on T.V. or in the movies!

  3. kim Feil says

    January 2, 2012 at 12:01 pm

    http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/middlesex_cty/middletown-power-plant-explosion “blow down’s” happen at compressor stations too…yet another reason to move to wind and solar

  4. Laura Finberg says

    September 4, 2014 at 9:03 am

    I can’t believe I live in a country were a pipeline company like Williams can seize private land by eminent domain and put these dangerous intrusions right up against people’s homes. I live in Lancaster county and am a member of Martic SOUL. We are trying to keep the pipeline out of one of the most beautiful places in the world. They want to go through many of the Amish farms that make this place so special. We need the media to help us. Our government seems unable or unwilling to stop this. Our township could be sued by our own state if they try to help us. Is this the America we live in?

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  2. Pictures: Acres of devastation from Williams gas pipeline explosion in Alabama says:
    January 2, 2012 at 11:13 am

    […] On December 3, 2011, a Williams-Transco pieline ruptured in Alabama. The explosion was heard more than 30 miles away and flames shot up nearly 100 feet in the air for 90 minutes after the pipeline was shut off. Since 2006, Williams-Transco has had 35 PHMSA reportable accidents. You can see a video and read an eye-witness account HERE. […]

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