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June 8, 2010

Natural Gas Explosions in Texas and West Virginia
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In Texas, one worker died and eight others were injured when a large
natural gas pipeline exploded Monday afternoon. Meanwhile, in West
Virginia seven workers were hospitalized Monday after another natural
gas explosion. The blast occurred when a crew drilling a natural gas
well struck a methane pocket in a closed mine. The Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette reports the volunteer firefighters who responded to the
West Virginia fire had never been trained to fight gas well fires.



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