Gas Pipeline Explosion Near Texas-Oklahoma Border Sends Flames Soaring Over 500 Feet, Booker Fire Department Reports

DARROUZETT, Texas – A massive explosion along a gas pipeline near the Texas-Oklahoma border has resulted in flames shooting over 500 feet into the air, according to local officials. Videos produced by the Booker Fire Department depict the blaze reaching high into the sky and seemingly igniting nearby electrical lines. The incident, which took place to the north of Darrouzett, Texas, is believed to have occurred late on Tuesday evening. Fire officials were dispatched to …

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Stolen Plane Crashes Near Texas-Oklahoma Border, Pilot Dead

ADDISON, Texas – A stolen plane crashed near the Texas-Oklahoma border, resulting in the death of the pilot, officials said. The Texas Department of Public Safety reported that the Cessna 172 was stolen from the ATP Flight School at Addison Airport, located about 15 miles north of downtown Dallas. The pilot, identified as 23-year-old Logan Timothy James of Stokesdale, North Carolina, flew the plane more than 80 miles northeast toward Paris, Texas, before it crashed …

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