Tag: pipeline explosion

The blast may lead to a natural gas shortage to homes in British Columbia as well as bordering American states.

The 24” diameter pipeline responsible for the blast had gone into service just seven days earlier.

7 hospitalized after pipeline explosion, Senate Democrats agree to major military spending, White House rolls back fuel economy standards, and more.

TransCanada – the same company behind the Keystone pipeline – said the explosion has been contained and an investigation is underway.

House Democrats called for an investigation this week citing their concerns that this was the “third major incident on Colonial’s system in just over a year and the seventh in less than five years.”