Nation IN BRIEF : TEXAS : Crews Try to Stop Fire From Pipeline
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Crews worked to choke off flames roaring 50 feet into the air from a gas pipeline ruptured by an explosion that killed one person. The explosion Tuesday at a liquefied petroleum gas storage and pumping facility rocked a rural area about six miles south of Brenham, Tex., killing a 6-year-old boy and injuring 18 other residents, four critically. Investigators said they were checking reports that a remote-control pipeline valve had been moved about three hours before the explosion.
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