Police required all residents of Milford, which has an estimated population of 700, to leave, after the underground pipeline exploded early Thursday, sending up orange flames stories high, said spokesman Malcolm Ward. The Chevron oil company asked that the safety measure be taken, the company said in a statement Friday. A jet black plume of smoke has been billowing up towards the clouds. The statement mentioned not wanting to risk exposing residents to possible effects on air quality in Milford. Workers are trying to stop the fire by emptying the flaming stretch of pipeline 50 miles south of Dallas of the oil left inside. They are setting flares to burn it off. Read more: wptv/dpp/news/national/chevron-pipeline-explosion-causes-evacuation-of-milford-texas-near-dallas#ixzz2kxkjzvwj
Posted on: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 03:06:01 +0000
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