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EP Tennessee Gas Pipeline Rupture Triggers Evacuations

12/29/2005
Dow Jones News Services
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HALFWAY, Ky. (AP)--A small section of Allen County, Kentucky, was evacuated Thursday after a Tennessee Gas pipeline ruptured, according to the Kentucky Division of Emergency Management.

There were no injuries when the natural gas began spewing out of the 30-inch diameter pipeline early Thursday morning, according to Kentucky State Police Dispatcher Daniel Rendleman.

As many as 300 people from around Halfway were ordered to leave their homes, and about 75 went to a shelter, according to Gary Rogers of the state Division of Emergency Management. Halfway is about 70 miles north of Nashville.

Tennessee Gas is a subsidiary of El Paso Corp. (EP), Rogers said.