A natural gas pipeline explosion in rural Oklahoma near Texas late on Jan. 30 sent flames rising more than 500 ft that destroyed power lines but caused no injuries, according to local officials and system operator Phillips 66.
The rupture and fire about 60 miles west of Woodward, Okla., were extinguished early on Jan. 31 with no health threats to neighboring towns, said a statement from Phillips 66, parent company of DCP Midstream which operates the 435-mile Front Range pipeline between Weld County, Colo. and Skelleytown, Texas, in the southern part of the state.