A crazy spectacle erupted when a 20-inch Harvest Midstream natural-gas pipeline exploded Tuesday afternoon near La Boca, New Mexico, shooting flames an estimated 50 to 100 feet into the air and setting the surrounding brush and trees on fire.

Residents near La Boca described the pipeline explosion as sounding like an F-16 taking off in their neighbor's yard. — Read the rest

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