An underground gas line explosion rocked a rural Kentucky county early Thursday morning, destroying at least two homes, injuring at least two people, and leaving a crater with a circumference of 60 feet, an emergency official said.
The Associated Press reported that the explosion and subsequent fire happened at approximately 1 a.m. near the town of Knifley, approximately 90 miles south of Louisville. WDRB reported that part of the town had been evacuated. Adair County Emergency Management Director Greg Thomas told AP that about 20 homes had been evacuated.
Thomas says one person was hospitalized with burns and another was brought to the hospital for evaluation. In addition to the two homes that were destroyed, Thomas says a third home was damaged by fire along with four or five vehicles.
The fire required the attention of fire departments from three counties, as well as the state's Department of Forestry, which was called after the blaze spread to a wooded area. Thomas said firefighters have the fire under control and are letting it burn itself out.
The pipeline, which was about 20 feet underground, is owned by Columbia Gulf Transmission, Thomas said.
Reuters quoted a local police officer as saying that the explosion could be seen in the town of Columbia, 12 miles away.
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