Sheriff says 2 dead, 3 injured in gas line explosion in Texas Panhandle
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DARROUZETT, Texas (AP) — A Texas Panhandle sheriff says two people are dead from a natural gas pipeline explosion.
Lipscomb County Sheriff James Robertson said in a news release Tuesday that the men were killed shortly after the blast in a remote part of the region.
Three people were injured. One was taken by helicopter to a hospital in Oklahoma City. Two others working near the explosion escaped had injuries not considered life-threatening.
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The five men were moving clay from a pit near the pipeline when a bulldozer struck it, causing the explosion.
The blast about 270 miles northeast of Lubbock is the second natural gas line explosion in Texas in as many days.
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