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Article: Workers try to patch hole shot in Alaska pipeline
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 6, 2001
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Workers try to patch hole shot in Alaska pipeline; man arrested
Associated Press
Saturday, October 6, 2001
Anchorage, Alaska -- Oil spewed like a geyser from the trans-
Alaska oil pipeline Friday, more than 24 hours after a man shot a
hole in the line.
Crews struggled to install a clamp to stop the leak and clean up
an estimated 280,000 gallons of oil. The work was proceeding slowly
due to explosive vapors at the site, said Brad Hahn of the Alaska
Department of Environmental Conservation.
"You have to try to suppress the vapors with the fire suppression
foam, and you have to use large fans to blow the explosive vapors
away from the work area," Hahn said.
The man suspected of shooting the ...