Natural gas pipeline explosion in Texas Panhandle leaves at least 3 injured, others missing

Texas Panhandle pipeline blast injures at least 3

DARROUZETT, Texas — A sheriff’s official says three people are injured and others are missing after a natural gas pipeline exploded in a remote part of the Texas Panhandle.

Vickie Nelson of the Lipscomb County Sheriff’s Office the blast about 4 p.m. Tuesday was near the small town of Darrouzett, a few miles from the Oklahoma border.

Nelson says at least one person has been taken to a burn unit, but she didn’t immediately have other details on the injured or missing.

The blast about 270 miles northeast of Lubbock is the second natural gas line explosion in Texas in as many days. A line exploded in Cleburne, south of Dallas, on Monday as utility workers were digging in the area. One worker was killed in that blast.