Pipeline Explosion Causes Evacuations in New Mexico Town of Loving

Flames from a gas pipeline explosion light up Zapotlanejo, Mexico on Oct. 19, 2012. A similar scene greeted residents of Loving, New Mexico, early in the morning of Dec. 6, 2017.Hector Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images

An early morning pipeline explosion caused the evacuation of some residents in Loving, New Mexico.

The explosion was reported to Eddy County Office of Emergency Management at about 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 6.