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02-06-2008, 02:36 PM
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A massive fire erupted at a natural gas pumping station in a rural area northeast of Nashville, and Highway Patrol authorities said there were an undetermined number of fatalities.
Officials weren't sure what started the fire late Tuesday at the Columbia Gulf Natural Gas pumping station near the Macon County community of Green Grove, about 40 miles from Nashville.
"We do not know at this time what caused it, and we are attempting to get close enough to get some information," said Tennessee Emergency Management spokesman Donnie Smith. "These flames are shooting 400, 500 feet in the air."
Tennessee Highway Patrol spokesman Mike Browning said the station could have been damaged by a line of severe storms that moved through Tennessee shortly before the fire broke out. The weather system also spawned tornadoes that killed at least eight people Tuesday.
Kelly Merritt, a spokesman for Columbia Gulf Transmission Co., confirmed the fire at the company's Hartsville compressor station but said he didn't have any more details.
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A massive fire erupted at a natural gas pumping station in a rural area northeast of Nashville, and Highway Patrol authorities said there were an undetermined number of fatalities.
Officials weren't sure what started the fire late Tuesday at the Columbia Gulf Natural Gas pumping station near the Macon County community of Green Grove, about 40 miles from Nashville.
"We do not know at this time what caused it, and we are attempting to get close enough to get some information," said Tennessee Emergency Management spokesman Donnie Smith. "These flames are shooting 400, 500 feet in the air."
Tennessee Highway Patrol spokesman Mike Browning said the station could have been damaged by a line of severe storms that moved through Tennessee shortly before the fire broke out. The weather system also spawned tornadoes that killed at least eight people Tuesday.
Kelly Merritt, a spokesman for Columbia Gulf Transmission Co., confirmed the fire at the company's Hartsville compressor station but said he didn't have any more details.
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