MEC&F Expert Engineers : ANOTHER GAS PIPELINE EXPLOSION AND FIRE. THIS TIME IN RALEIGH, MISSISSIPPI. WITH MORE GAS PIPELINES BEING BUILT, PREPARE FOR MORE EXPLOSIONS AND FIRES, BUT THIS TIME THEY WILL BE CLOSER TO HOME

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

ANOTHER GAS PIPELINE EXPLOSION AND FIRE. THIS TIME IN RALEIGH, MISSISSIPPI. WITH MORE GAS PIPELINES BEING BUILT, PREPARE FOR MORE EXPLOSIONS AND FIRES, BUT THIS TIME THEY WILL BE CLOSER TO HOME

 

ANOTHER GAS PIPELINE EXPLOSION AND FIRE.  THIS TIME IN RALEIGH, MISSISSIPPI.  WITH MORE GAS PIPELINES BEING BUILT, PREPARE FOR MORE EXPLOSIONS AND FIRES, BUT THIS TIME THEY WILL BE CLOSER TO HOME


January 26, 2015

RALEIGH, Miss. —Firefighters in Smith County were at the scene Monday of a natural gas line fire in a rural area west of Raleigh.

Greg Flynn, a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, said all 5 workers were present when the explosion happened but no injuries have been reported.

Sheriff Charlie Crumpton said the fire was under control. The Smith County Fire Department is on standby with foam if they're needed.

Smith County Emergency Management Agency director Brian Warren said the gas line is owned by Pan Southern Petroleum of Houston, Texas. He said no one is allowed inside the perimeter of the fire scene.

Warren said the cause of the accident will be determined once the fire is out.