Fire
Pipeline
Westcoast natural-gas pipeline rupture
9 October 2018 · Around 17:25 local time
Approximately 13 km northeast of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
Incident location
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54.0500, -122.6300
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What happened
A 36-inch Westcoast Energy natural-gas pipeline operated by Enbridge ruptured because of stress-corrosion cracking and the released sweet natural gas ignited. About 125 people within two kilometers were evacuated as a precaution; no injuries were reported. The marker is approximate.
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- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Infrastructure
- Pipeline
- Current temperature
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- Latitude
- 54.0500°
- Longitude
- -122.6300°
Attribution
Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.