Thousands of people in the western prairie province of Manitoba are still without natural gas after a huge pipeline explosion near the town of Otterburne, about 50 kilometres south of the capital, Winnipeg.
About 4,000 customers have been without heat since the explosion at about 1 a.m. Saturday (January 25).
Inspectors from Canada’s Transportation Safety Board, will be in Otterburne on Monday to try to determine the cause of the blast, which sent balls of flame 200 to 300 metres high.
According to CBC News, between 2000 and late 2012 there have been more than 1,000 pipeline incidents across the country, and the number of incidents doubled over the decade. See here.
More information:
CBC News – Manitobans left in cold by pipeline explosion to soon get heat – here
CTV News – Heat could be back on soon in southern Manitoba communities – here
Transportation Safety Board of Canada press release – TSB deploys an investigator to a pipeline accident near Otterburne, Manitoba – here
CBC News interactive map – From small to large-scale spills to fires, explosions and worker deaths – here
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