Huge Natural Gas Explosion Across Highway 77 in Sissonville West Virginia
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- čas přidán 11. 12. 2012
- Huge high-pressure gas explosion across highway 77 in West Virginia.
We were driving down 77 we saw a huge flock of birds fly from the forest followed by a huge dust cloud which suddenly excited into a huge 1000 foot explosion.
Also see article here: www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/...
Boss be like "You're still coming to work right?"
I had a Dr appt in Charleston and got dropped as a patient because i wasn't able to make to the appt.
@@dustinpoe4422 bruh
Highway to hell.
I watch highway thru hell
Cristian M same
song popped up in my head as soon the video begon
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From the way that cop walks, I thought for a second that he's going to arrest the fire and bring it to justice....
The fire is a bad criminal
Bet he would if he could.
The fire was resisting. I saw it all. Lol 😂
He shot the fire
Lol
4:21 cop gets out of car to put warning flares out.... just in case anyone might of missed the 200 foot ball of fire that sounds like a 747 at full throttle!!!!!
🤣
😂😂😂
Yes sometimes you look stupid doing s.o.p.
To be fair, I was on a high profile job, and we had the road closures, police multiple fire trucks, our trucks were parked whilly nilly but they serviced a purpose for the time, Once the leak was repaired, instantly all the fire trucks and police leave at the same time, but you are now working frantically to finish up, and you pop your head out of the hole and see all the cars driving by and you realize that you did not put any cones out or traffic control out and your large truck in the oncoming lane facing forward and a 45 degrees blocking two lanes and people are honking and yelling at you for being an idiot. So yeah we had a big safety meeting about that one.
LMFAO
"Did you see that explode!?"
"I'm sitting right next to you."
Lol
Lmfao
Except he was talking to the person in the car next to them, not his passenger. 🙄🤦♀️
he made a great fuss
"If anything, I want to get a little bit closer". And that my friends is how morons are killed in secondary explosions.
+Offgrid Cabin Yeah, the punk and his boy friend! Don/t have a clue!!
Holy mother of god
+Offgrid Cabin Nobody should stop them, we have way too many of those already.
As my fire instructor would say... That would be a self correcting error
"Natural selection"
I mean if we're breeding with whoever looks hottest rather then who will actually survive... something has to carry out this process......
“If anything, I want to get a little bit closer.”
And this my friends, is how Natural Selection takes its course.
Evolution in action
Its curiosity
I was a few miles away when it exploded and it was loud as hell. I was working at a cell tower and got out to see if I hit something. The jet engine sound was loud as well. The ground looked like a giant road flare had been placed there. it's amazing that no one was killed because it burned a few houses. Apparently one person was usually home but had just left when it burnt their house.
It ruined the roadway as well.
Ellis Dee haha... on 4:20... you know the joke
Neal Ramsey What is the Name of your Job exactly? I want to Make the same
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I'm on the Highway to Hell
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tight
sock account English please
...had the same idea...
I looked at you and my heart bolis hot. You make my temperature rise .Fill my heat takeing you higher burn with me heavens on fire .
When you hear that "jet like sound" and no fire, run for your life.
Yea that would have been worst case scenario. If that gas wouldnt have ignited when it did the explosion would have been massive.
Yup, once it gets an ignition source either you say "lord here I come or be as far as you can be because that much gas going off you are going to burn for sure.
Or you're a fighter pilot in a jet....just saying, like.🤷♂️🙄
Its too late...
sounds like a jet engine
Andrew espino yeh
Ikr
Happened not too far from where I live. An industrial gas line burst. The roar is from the pressurized gas blasting out of the ruptured pipe. Aftermath was that the section of highway that went through that fire was completely destroyed. The asphalt was basically burned down to the small agrigate bits of rock and all the tar was burned away. The affected section had to be torn out and replaced with fresh asphalt.
When I was little, a truck backed into the head of a large underground propane tank next door and broke the head off of the tank. The propane miraculously never ignited but the sound of the gas rushing out was the loudest thing I've ever heard. I was outside at the time and it was deafening, and sounded like I was standing next to a fighter jet. It went on for 30 minutes, and all the fire dept could do was spray everything down with water to reduce ignition sources.
and then the oldest active fire truck in america shows up....i got this! lol
Sissonville actually has a fairly modern department. Almost all of the departments down there are well equipped due to the coal companies funding them.
And surprisingly that model is fairly new
The old fire truck did not have any brakes and it was going down hill.
all it's gonna be doing is putting out secondary spot fires. there's no putting this out, and you don't want to anyhow, until the gas is off
The little engine that could. '3'
Wow. You know the fire is massive and intense when it sounds like a roar.
+Black Onyx The roar is coming from the broken gas line that was feeding the fire, so it essentially was a gigantic flame thrower.
Black Onyx the gas line n the ground somehow got ingnited and the gas keeps feeding the fire plus the oxygen so yea it'll burn long after they shut off gas to that line
The Big Game Theory what fire is still burning in what desert
The Big Game Theory thanks
The Big Game Theory: It was a broken pipeline! www.thenewscenter.tv/home/headlines/Gas-Line-Explosion-In-Sissonville-Shuts-Down-I-77-183029921.html
Real life Truman show right there
Dylon Desbiens don't get it
The Truman Show was a movie that came out in 1998, which follows Truman, who at birth was adopted by a TV studio, or the head of a TV studio (can't remember) and build a city and whole life for Truman. There were hidden cameras all around his house, his parents where actors, his best friend an actor. His wife was a plot point written in, and basically was forced on to Truman unknowing that she too, is an actor.
Truman, who has a major fear of water, lives on this set, surrounded by water. He needs to cross a bridge to get out of town and never has because of his fear.
Eventually he gets suspicious of the legitimacy of everything and decides to leave town and go on a spontaneous vacation. Obviously the creators only have the town as a set, and nothing else planned so they need ideas to prevent Truman from going further. One of which is a "forest fire" which blocks the road and Truman drives right through.
You should check it out, it's actually a really good movie, and Jim Carry plays Truman.
Dylon Desbiens brilliant!!!! Omg greatest comment
Didn’t expect you
_more like the Trump freak show right there_ ...
Children in Africa could've breath that gas, what a waste!
Lmao 😂
Tremor244 breathED not breath!
To be honest with you we breath that stuff in every day from the forest fires that are going on now to the cars that are jammed packed in big cities we breath it in every day.
I was expecting the Terminator to walk out of that.
@ReligiousZombie-
Walk out, or spill out as molten metal? Loved those movies!
*Chh chh chh... Chh chh* i dont know i cant make the sound affect you get the point
Dude backing up at the beginning has the right idea. Fuck that noise.
I was waiting for Godzilla to come walking through the flames.
Me too
Of course, everyone was.
When my mixtape drops...
@ 4:33 cop goes to issue the fire a citation and place it under arrest for burning without a permit
Person 2: "Don't go any further."
Camera man: "Nah, I'll just get out of the car and walk towards it."
Oh, Lord Jesus, it's a fire! Aint Nobody Got Time For Dat!
Well done, you made me laugh.... ;)
Hallelujah?
Preach it sister!
@Lucy - Fuh REAL!!
lmao....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At 2:40 "If anything I want to get a little closer" classic!
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Sounds like a jet engine roaring
exactly what I thought
+1041ferret LOL
+1041ferret Do you have reheat?
unfortunately there were no steel beams.
RatedASMR No.... Just no. 😐
I brought marshmallows but I think the stick is too short
Best comment lol
Pierre Cardone lol
Pierre Cardone hahahahah lol
That's not funny to laugh about I live in sissonville and saw it happen over thirty people died and injured
Funny, I just Googled this explosion and according to USA Today no one died.
4:32 When you’re own your way to the Final Boss
The real issue here is people still thinking it's acceptable to shoot in portrait mode.
hahaha
It's fine, if you watch it in portrait mode.
Nah, he's in landscape. Otherwise you'd have a little box and not a full screen when you turn your phone...you did turn your phone before posting this, didn't you?.........
Cool cop and county worker, atleast they didn't shit on the dude and tell him to gtfo or else he gets curb stopped.
Im on the highway to hell!
With the sound there must be a tremendous amount of PSI pouring out of that pipe fueling that fire. WOW just WOW.
+TRINITYADAMS69
About 200 bar. Thats about 2900psi.
gus23a Thank you that is just amazing.
+gus23a how do you know? No offense just curious.
TheMW2informer
I´m responsible for planning and building high pressure gas pipelines.
Always ask and engineer! Thanks gus23a
DARWIN AWARD!!!
Major explosion and fire and the dummies walk toward the fire.
Woulda been funny if the guy said to the cop. "I mean, I have a fire extinguisher in my trunk if that'll help?"
Ahahahahahah and I have a couple of bottles of water if you want too.
Lol
no.. that is NOT a forest fire.. LOL...
Well, it's a fire in a forest, so it's sort of a forest fire.
taztaz79:
That fire was basically within forestry, so it is a forest fire.
I lived a few miles north of where that pipeline broke. The man I worked for was a member of the Sissonville Volunteer FD and informed me of the incident. There were 2 houses close that set it off when it broke. Another house that was recently built across the road sustained damage from the inferno. Fortunately no one was home when it happened. I might add that they had trouble trying to shut the pipeline down.
Country road, take me home, to the place, I belong, West Virginia, mountain Moma, take me home, Country road.
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Fallout 76
that little fire truck like was said in the video did what they could until ther were told to pull back ....so have a little respect for that
I'll be damned... so that's what happens if you divide by zero on a Bunsen burner that's plugged in to a Commadore 64
Boy, the commentary of these two in the car... GENIUSES
I investigated this fire. Interstate section destroyed. Several house's and numerous vehicles. Remarkably no injuries.
I was 4th year Sissonville Elementary school when this happened. At first, all of our teachers told us a plane had crashed and our power went out. They did not let us leave the school for fear of chemicals. The news reporter thought that the nursing house( which was only about a 1/2 a mile away) was on fire as well. I remember driving into Sissonville a few days later and looking at the burned roads and scorched siding on houses. That God there were no losses!
And on that day, The Gates of Hell opened up in Sissonville, West Virginia
I was going to say this same thing
*Walks towards fire* 5 minutes later. "We almost died!" What in dafuq?
The Left Lane, one minute saved there lives.
Word of advice, if you can feel the heat, you are too close.
More like if the pipe is too loud then run because the presure is going to feed in more oxegen into the pipe to make a big boom
@@olgasolovjova4681 I’m just conveying what a fire fighter friend told me. You heard them say in the video that they could feel the heat, yet they also mentioned wanting to go closer. Bad idea, especially in a case like this.
@@gpmcd1044 thats why fire mens have fire resistant jackets that can stand the distance were you would normaly get a third degree burn because firemens go to a burning building that has tempitures rising up to 400°C witch can vaporise blood instantly or worse if no oxegen tank because the air is very hot and any parts of the body exposed to air would turn into charcoal and so firemens are trained to gear up fast and properly otherwise everything would be charcoal
@@olgasolovjova4681 I agree with all of that bro, but the kids in that car filming the video aren’t firemen, and they’re not wearing those fire resistant jackets. THEY are the ones my original comment was directed to, not professional firefighters.
That's my home town. Very scary day! Glad you weren't a few minutes or seconds ahead....miraculously no one lost their life in that. Burnt 5 homes to the ground, two of those 5 blew up instantly. Not only was it going across all 4 lanes off I77, but jumped across Rt 21. The road you guys were on when you got off the exit. This is the best video I've seen of it so far.
I work in this industry, and I can tell you that these incidents are few and far between. And to those commenting about the cleanliness of natural gas, a very small amount of research into the chemical compositions of all the fossil fuels the world currently burns for energy, as well as the combustion process will tell you natural gas is cleaner.
Few and far is still to many.
When the power and devaluation is on such a large scale.
Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, blowing like a breeze
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
All my memories gather round her
Miner's lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
I hear her voice, in the morning hour she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
And driving down the road I get a feeling
That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
Take me home, down country roads
Take me home, down country roads
I was living in WV near here at the time and never heard of or seen this before now...thats insane
Uh the "little fire truck" was one of many trying to save the houses that were burning fellas....Five i think. Great video btw.
"Did you see that?" Dumbest question ever!!!
is this the coke & mentos trick on large scale
see what? Not much traffic on the freeway? hmm... That is what were talking about right? XD
Its the adrenaline rush. This happens to some people. Or all.
Epic Loser just like "are you ok?" after someone is obviously NOT ok (break legs or something)
Reminds me in the video game stawars battlefront. Theres this huge battle going on, guns firing, grenades exploding, sometimes even fighters dropping bombs, and this one unit will always say "i hear something."
I live only a couple miles from where this happened. Crazy stuff.
"It's a gas line..." No, it WAS a gas line...
It was repaired and still used. It IS a gasline
why woman live longer. 2:43
Nice one xD
Nah, I'd rather go and investigate the fire. It's not daily that you get to see that. ;)
Ola Hoffmann if you live in russia then yes you see that every day
Perfectionz why men have more exciting lives
Perfectionz no men just have a taste of interest and adventure
I have to " Only YOU Can Prevent Forest Fires "
I live about three miles from where this gas line exploded. It was loud as hell and took em awhile to get it put out.
"I dont know what happened officer. I was just driving along and put in my new mix tape."
They want to put a 36" high pressure gas pipeline on my land. I live in a rural area like the one where this explosion happened (this pipeline hadn't been inspected since 1988). This video literally makes me feel ill,. absolutely terrifying.
+Tracy T Yep. And this was only a 20" line . A 36" line would be a scary thing to have close to you.....
Where's your patriotic spirit?!? Don't be afraid!! Safety is one of private industry's top concerns!! If only the gubmint would get out of the way, things like this would never happen!! Quit worrying and show your love of free market capitalism like a true American!!
+Tracy T Luckily you should get a good amount of money for selling your land since it has a pipe line on it.
+Default Echo For the line they want to run through my town they're taking people's land through eminent domain, offering a small one-time payment to the "lucky" landowners, and none of the gas stays in my town or my state even so just a drop in property values, no benefit, even if I was interested in selling the land I've been on all my life (I'm not).
Tracy T Have you tried to do anything about the pipeline?
Those pipelines carry liquid that can have huge expansion ratios. Propane, for instance, 270:1. 1 gallon of liquid turns into 270 gallons of vapor. It sucks, but it just takes a long time to burn off. I have been on two pipeline ruptures in my 27 year career with the fire department. Stay safe.
Fossil fuels make life more exciting.
notrombones smell of gas gives me a some type of tasty feeling
The smell of solar gives me something to jack off to
@@EpsilonsReviews I'm into windmills myself
Ten years earlier: "to hell with the inclusions, just certify me in pipe welding. Here's 200.00 "
You have no idea of what this was and you're first reaction is to get closer?
its a fire
Anthony lmaaooo
Those saying it was Fracing: Read the article he posted in the description! It was an old 20" gas line that exploded!
Yogi: "HEY Boo Boo... what does this valve on the end of this big pipe do? Here... hold my marshmellow over the campfire for a second..."
it was a 26-30 inch natural gas pipeline . 1 house was totally destroyed. the interstate was completely melted . nothing but base material was left. the state had it rebuilt in 24 hrs. there was no way to go around it also.
Highway to hell :D
Villager ,😂 true
Jerell
Brtto
Literally
And highway to the danger zone!! ⚠️
Let's gather around the campfire, and sing our campfire song.
Did you bring the marshmallows?
OUR C A M P F I R E S O N G SONG
Why do people think it is safer to get out of the car to get closer to fire??
Curiosity usually gets the better of people, even when it's dangerous x_x
Hermes Mercury can u sub to me and I’ll sub to u
Because they value their auto more than their ass, wouldn't wanna blister the paint after all.
The gas remaining in the other side of the pipe is burning out faster than the supply side, that’s why it’s burning on both sides at different rates.
that is what you get when you don't listen to Smokey the Bear.
Decades of callous unconcern & carelessness by the American public have driven Smokey to insanity. The once proud and responsible bear has become a crazed arsonist. He now stalks the forest, gleefully starting infernos. Sad.
Sorry guys it was me I ate too many chili & beans! :(
Nah i dumped 50 containers of grapes down and then i ate like 90 fire burritos
I hate when that happens!!
There's always a few people that need more information before they can make a decision on the danger. These are the ones that die. The ones that react are the ones that save lives or live. (sometimes both!)
'Yeh, you see that?' 'No, see what?'
Marshmallows... anyone?
at 600 degrees? No thank you!!!
TheGamingKing756
use a long stick :)
ThomasWright
*Incinerated marshmallows anyone?
Yeah bro I got you.
...and this is why we are fighting methane gas lines all over the country, especially in PA...
Where you at in Keystone state per chance?
Elizabethtown, I have witnessed Williams Corp's surveyors illegally surveying on private land, there is quite the fight against it as you know, SOUL on FB (Save Our Unspoiled Land) has great up to date info, I actually got this link from there, its old, but not old enough to think it is an isolated incident.Shit happens constantly. Do you train at the First Responder center in eh, MT.Joy or whatever exit that is? I got my HAZWOPER & confined spaces certification there a couple years ago....
Yeah the training center off of Spooky Nook. Do you remember about a dozen years ago when that pipeline in Manheim Twp caught fire?
***** No, but tell the dick that thinks they rarely explode that! I moved down from Berks in 2000, probably didn't have cable to watch TV back then, I also was like fucking 21-23 and don't remember shit from that time, or 7 years after that, Bloody Celtic Germanic Addictive genes!!
Aonghus MacCready
"Save Our Unspoiled Land" is eco-speak for "keep rural America poor". You know how many LOCAL JOBS, from truckers and mechanics to geologists and engineers to data analysts and quality control, shipping clerks, and office admin support can be created from the energy industry? How many jobs with upward mobility can be had at Entry Level with just a high school diploma?
You think a Starbucks or a Trader Joe or a Whole Foods will ever come into an area where NO ONE has a decent paying JOB and the extra disposable INCOME to spend on things they sell? You have any clue how many carpenters, electricians, masons and landscapers could expand THEIR businesses to SERVE the folks with decent enough jobs to buy HOUSES? How many LAYERS OF TAX REVENUE will go to The State from the Busness, Income, and Sales Taxes paid by all these folks ? Taxes to fund schools and Senior Citizens? You have any clue at all about economic reality, and WHERE taxes come from? It doesnt come from "the government" it comes from folks with JOBS.
Yeah, I live in PA. And I'm all for fracking. We need the work, and America needs the Energy. Not all of us get a Stipend from Tax Supported Lefty Organizations to be Professional Protesters.
I live about 10 miles upon fisher ridge from where it happened and the sound vibrated our windows.
0:05 the Dodge Neon is like "I'm out bitches"
And this is exactly why Michael Moore should stop lighting his farts.
That one car that sow that fire was like ow hell noo XD
i love how he holds the cam so still it its just so great!
Yep. When a natural gas pipeline breaks, you have to wait for someone in a warehouse two states away to notice the little blinking light so they can shut it off.
lol somehow youtube recommended me this right after watching Fallout 76 Trailer (based in West Virginia)
Description says 1000 feet. That's no higher than 200 lol
A Potato I think the explosion is not in the video I sure don't see any explosions only fire.
+A Potato most people have no concept of distance when its straight up in the air
1,000,00*
+A Potato That is Balrog dude
Johnny Bones That's not even a number (included with the commas.)
The sound you hear is the pressure of the gas going through the lines. My guess is the pipe that ruptured was 3-5 ' in diameter.
That is the most amazing video I've ever see. You guys were just in the right place in the right time, thank God you weren't just a little further up road or that would have been the end of you.
I'M ON THE HIGHWAY TO HELL:D
EHKSPLUOOOOOOOOOOSION - Megumin (2016)
The roar is insane. Sounds like a turbo jet. I'm surprised it didn't spread more than it did. Pretty cool video for real.
Cop says I got marshmallows come with me...
why must people yell into the fucking camera?
It adds emotional weight to the scene, improving the video's aesthetics. You need to brush up on basic level communications theory.
think about what they hear with their ears. the phone doesn't pick up the really loud parts and it sounds like a jet engine even through the phone
BUT SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!
WE NEED TO GET A LITTLE CLOSER TO THIS HUGE FUCKING EXPLOSION!!!!!
I GOTTA SEE WHAT IT IS!!!!!!!
FUCKING MORONS!!!!!!!!!!!!
the same reason they stop right in the middle of the road instead of pulling out of the way
It was Godzilla yawning.
looks like he got made lol
Or he ate taco bell near an open flame
Chuck Norris fartin' out some Taco Bell.
thank you so much for filming it horizontally
I live less than 1 mile from this.On the other side of the road there are around7 to 10 homes it melted the siding on some of them thank god there was nobody around outside of them
Country roads
Take me home
To the place
I belong
WEST VIRGINIA
That is one pissed dragon :D
One commenter said “you only live once”. Damn straight! Great
camera work, friend.
The sound of that fire is incredible. Crazy what natural gas can do. I wonder how close people could get before burning themselves from the radiant heat
I imagine you really could not get close. I have had 5 foot flame bonfires 2in diameter in my backyard and I had to stand way back
3:01 oh thank god the police are here
This doesn’t look very safe. Let me just get out of my car and run towards it.
Thanks for bringing this to us.
SISSONVILLE, W.Va. (AP) - Four homes went up in flames and collapsed in charred heaps Tuesday after a natural gas line exploded in an inferno that raged for at least an hour, melting guardrails and pavement on a swath of Interstate 77.
Five other homes had extensive external damage, and several people were treated for smoke inhalation, but authorities said there were no fatalities and all residents had been accounted for.
"We've been very fortunate," said Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, who toured the damage then briefed the media. "They were just lucky enough not to be home."
Most were at work. One man had just left to go hunting, he said.
State Police spokesman Sgt. Michael Baylous said a slight risk of a secondary explosion remained, so people who had initially been told to stay inside nearby homes were later urged to evacuate.
The explosion occurred between Sissonville and Pocatalico just before 1 p.m. in a 20-inch transmission line owned by NiSource Inc., parent of Columbia Gas. The gas flow was shut off, but State Police 1st Sgt. James Lee said there was still pressure on the transmission line.
Kent Carper, president of the Kanawha County Commission, said flames had been shooting 50 to 75 feet into the air before the fire was extinguished.
"It sounded like a Boeing 757. Just a roar," he said. "It was huge. You just couldn't hear anything. It was like a space flight."
Trevor Goins lives about a half-mile from the explosion and was watching television in his apartment when he saw a ripple in his coffee cup and the floor shook.
"I thought possibly (it was) a plane crash," said Goins, who immediately went outside with several neighbors. "It was so loud it sounded like a turbine engine. You almost had to put your hands over your ears."
He got in his car and drove closer, seeing fire that stretched as high as the hilltops.
"The flames were so high, they were so massive," he said. "I could only imagine what had happened."
Carper said the flames spanned about a quarter of a mile and ran through a culvert under the interstate.
"It actually cooked the interstate," he said. "It looks like a tar pit."
Tomblin said a roughly 800-foot section both directions was baked by the heat.
"It turned the asphalt to cinder," he said, after walking across it. "Your feet were hot. It was like walking on a volcano."
Transportation Secretary Paul Mattox said contractors are already working on repairs, and the state hopes to have the highway reopened by Wednesday night. Crews were expected to work through the night to remove the asphalt and grind the roadway down to the original concrete before repaving.
"We're going to do everything we can to get it back," Mattox said.
Guardrails melted, utility poles burned, an ordinarily reflective green interstate sign was burned down to white metal and the blast blew a huge hole in the road, throwing dirt, rocks and debris across the interstate.
"Even the hillside was on fire," Tomblin said. "There are some homes in close proximity that are still smoking."
Tom Miller, training officer at the Sissonville Volunteer Fire Department, marveled at the destruction.
"Four lanes are gone," he said, adding that it was remarkable that no motorists were injured. "We were very lucky - no rush-hour traffic."
Federal and state investigators are now trying to determine the cause.
"It's one of those rare events that happen," the governor said, "and at this time we do not have those answers," he said
NiSource spokesman Mike Banas said the company was still gathering facts.
"Our first priority is the safety of our employees and the community," he said, adding that no impacts on customers are anticipated.
U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, who chairs the Senate Commerce Committee and has made pipeline safety a priority, vowed to get answers.
The West Virginia Democrat said the National Transportation Safety Board is launching a team "imminently" to investigate, he said, as is the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.