NTSB probes Texas Eastern Kentucky blast

Aug. 5, 2019
The US National Transportation Safety Board is investigating an Aug. 1 explosion on the Texas Eastern natural gas pipeline system near Danville, Ky., that killed a woman and injured at least five other people while setting fire to several houses.

The US National Transportation Safety Board is investigating an Aug. 1 explosion on the Texas Eastern natural gas pipeline system near Danville, Ky., that killed a woman and injured at least five other people while setting fire to several houses.

Enbridge, which owns the system, described the event as a rupture a 30-in. OD section now isolated.

The cause is unknown.