Yellowhead County burst pipeline investigation underway as wildfire brought under control

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A wildfire in Yellowhead County sparked by a burst natural gas pipeline is under control, but an investigation into what caused the pipe to break could take months or even years.

A TC Energy natural gas pipeline caught on fire in Yellowhead County , northwest of Edson and northeast of Hinton, sending up a large plume of flames and smoke visible from many kilometres away and triggering a small wildfire.“That means we’ll have to dig into the ground, look and feel for hot spots, and then douse it with water. And that could take several days.

The system spans 24,631 kilometres and connects with TC Energy’s Canadian Mainline system, Foothills system and other third-party pipelines.In 2022, there was a rupture on a separate part of the system that resulted in an explosion and fire near Fox Creek, Alta. There were no injuries. The TSB’s most recent report on pipeline transportation safety in Canada states that in 2022 there were 100 companies transporting either oil or gas or both in the federally regulated pipeline system, which includes approximately 19,950 km of oil pipelines and approximately 48,700 km of natural gas pipelines.

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