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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-26-05 09:24 AM
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There was a pipeline explosion in Illinois yesterday...I can't find detail
On it...even in the chi-town papes.

Anyone got a link?
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coffeenap Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-26-05 09:36 AM
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1. Found it in the GUARDIAN (not in Illinois)
Edited on Fri Aug-26-05 09:37 AM by coffeenap
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5234135,00.html

Explosion at Illinois Gas Co. Injures 3


Friday August 26, 2005 12:46 AM

NORTH PEKIN, Ill. (AP) - An explosion and fire at a gas company injured three men Thursday and forced the evacuation of nearby homes and businesses.

``It was loud, and the yellow fireballs - it just went boom, boom, boom,'' said John House, whose business is located across the street from the company.

It was not immediately clear what started the fire at the Hicksgas company, which sells propane gas and grills. The blaze was extinguished Thursday afternoon, several hours after it began.

The conditions of the three injured men were not immediately known. Two were taken to a hospital burn unit.

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