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A natural gas pipeline explosion, which led to evacuation of at least five homes near Otterburne, produced a massive fireball tearing the sky on early Saturday morning. Emergency crews explained that the Trans-Canada natural gas pipeline in the RM of De Salaberry, i.e. about 50 kilometres south of Winnipeg, exploded around at 1:05 a.m. Emergency crews were still attending the scene as of 9:00 a.m. as the fire continued to burn itself off. Authorities have confirmed that there are no reports of any injuries or damage to private property.
A resident living almost three kilometres away from the site of the explosion, Marc LaBossier, remembers sitting in the living room at the time of explosion. He recalls skyping with his girlfriend when he heard a loud boom and says that “I looked in the kitchen and there was a glow, so not knowing what was happening, I thought something was on fire in the kitchen.” He alleged that “I jumped out of the chair. When I got to the back sliding doors, I actually felt the wave or whatever, from this thing, and I could see it raging in the background.”
Police soon requested LaBossier to vacate the premises, and so loaded his dogs into his car and waited on the highway, along with several other cars of other residents in the area. He was not allowed to return back house until after 3:00 a.m. He added that the explosion resulted in power failure to his house, and the lights came back on by about 3:50 a.m.
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