Article: Workers try to patch hole shot in Alaska pipeline

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 ...

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