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Deborah A.P. Hersman: Pipeline safety requires review
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- It was the biggest fire Kanawha County Fire Coordinator C.W. Sigman had ever seen. That Dec. 11 fire, which destroyed three Sissonville homes, damaged others and closed I-77 for about 18 hours for roadway-surface repairs, was triggered by a natural gas transmission pipeline rupture and explosion.
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Deborah A.P. Hersman: Pipeline safety requires review
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- It was the biggest fire Kanawha County Fire Coordinator C.W. Sigman had ever seen. That Dec. 11 fire, which destroyed three Sissonville homes, damaged others and closed I-77 for about 18 hours for roadway-surface repairs, was triggered by a natural gas transmission pipeline rupture and explosion.
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