World IN BRIEF : CANADA : Explosion Rips Natural Gas Line
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
An explosion north of Brandon in Manitoba ripped through a natural gas pipeline owned by TransCanada Pipelines Ltd., Canadian media reported. The early morning blast sent a huge fireball into the sky, the Canadian Press news agency reported. The pipeline’s gas supply was cut off, and the fire was extinguished an hour later. No one was injured in the explosion, which took place about 120 miles west of Winnipeg.
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