Pipeline fire shuts down FM 2004 in Texas City

Article from Galveston Daily News, January 14, 2015

TEXAS CITY — Crews on Wednesday afternoon battled an oil pipeline fire. Officials said that a pump station that is part of an oil pipeline on the city’s northwest side caught fire at about 12:45 p.m. Fire crews had the blaze out by about 1:45 p.m.

Derek Duckett, the city’s emergency management coordinator said the fire did not pose a risk to anyone in the community. There were no calls for shelter-in-place or evacuations.

The fire was in an area located near FM 2004 between FM 1764 and state Highway 3 in Texas City. Police closed off FM 2004 from Central Park Road to Highway 3 as crews try to get to the fire.

The road re-opened at about 1:45 p.m. and the fire was put out a few minutes later. That section of FM 2004 is mostly industrial and vacant land.

Duckett said about 100 to 200 gallons of oil spilled, Duckett said. He could not confirm what type of oil was released. Initially crews were told it was crude oil.

The city reported the fire and spill to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The pipeline belongs to Sawtooth Inc. Duckett said. Attempts to reach company officials were unsuccessful on Wednesday.

Texas City fire officials said that company officials reported that there had been issues with the pump station over the weekend.

Article by Michael Watanabe, Staff Writer, Riverside Press Enterprise, January 23, 2015

A 6-inch natural gas pipeline caught fire Friday, January 23rd, in the unincorporated area of Highgrove north of Riverside, California, prompting the closure of Interstate 215 freeway ramps, fire officials said. No evacuations were ordered and no one was injured.

The break in the pipeline was reported at 10:07 a.m. at Center Street at Interstate 215, according to a Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department news release.

Freeway on ramps and off ramps in the area were closed, the release said. Officials remained on scene until 4 p.m., when the substance inside the pipe had burned off.

The California state Fire Marshal office was investigating the incident to determine the owner of the pipeline.

Natural gas pipeline explosion in Smith County, Mississippi

From an Article of the Jackson Clarion Ledger, January 26, 2015

Officials say there has been a natural gas line explosion in Smith County off County Road 539 west of Raleigh, Mississippi.

Sheriff Charlie Crumpton said there are no injuries and everyone is accounted for. ”We do have a massive fire going and a company is coming from Texas to take care of the fire,” Crumpton said.

County EMA Director Brian Warren said the gas line belongs to Pan Southern Petroleum, and at this point nobody is allowed inside the perimeter of the fire scene.

There are currently about five fire departments on scene battling the blaze. Locals are reporting the explosion is in Boykin Church oil field, where allegedly there is natural gas and oil.

Warren said the gas is not toxic, but at this point since the fire can’t be immediately extinguished, officials are waiting on the outside company to come put the fire out. As far as he knows, there are no structures threatened by the fire, Crumpton said.

Mississippi Emergency Management Agency stated on their Facebook page that the natural gas well caught fire when a piece of equipment over the well-head exploded. All five workers escaped unharmed.

MDEQ has implemented emergency procedures to protect a nearby creek including constructing a berm, adding a silt fence, and boom in the water, according to a release by Communications Director Robbie Wilbur.

Last week, a natural gas line exploded in Rankin County, Mississippi. Again, there were no injuries and no structures were involved.

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