There was another catastrophic pipeline explosion, this one in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.  It happened early this morning, and the company is saying that “earth movement” caused the rupture that lead to the explosion.

The pipeline was 24 inches in diameter, and the resulting fire destroyed one house and melted vinyl siding on other houses within 100-200 yards of the fire.  It also melted a metal tower for a high tension power line, causing it to collapse and pull down other nearby towers.

The most interesting thing about this is that this pipeline was put into service just eight days ago, on September 3, 2018.  It really makes you wonder about the quality control practices of these pipeline companies.  I know the workers wouldn’t purposefully install a pipeline wrong, but people make mistakes and some of these crews just aren’t experienced with building in mountainous terrain.