Driver Crashes Into Gas Pipeline, Causing Huge Fire in Texas

Driver Crashes Into Gas Pipeline, Causing Huge Fire in Texas
A map showing Mansfield, Texas. Google Maps/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
The Associated Press
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MANSFIELD, Texas—One person was critically injured when their vehicle struck a natural gas pipeline in a Dallas suburb, sparking a huge fire and triggering evacuations of a nearby neighborhood, authorities said.

The fire in Mansfield was extinguished after a few hours and residents were allowed to return home early Wednesday, the city’s fire department said.