Texas Gas Explosion Kills One, Seven Injured

One worker was killed and seven others injured when an underground gas pipeline exploded in rural Texas, sending a massive fireball into the air. The pipeline exploded after it was accidentally ruptured by utility workers digging to build a new power line.

Authorities found the missing worker's body yesterday, several hours after the explosion at Cleburne, Johnson County, about 50 miles southwest of Dallas.The worker had been driving a truck and drilling holes for utility poles when the line suddenly exploded, and other workers lost sight of him in the intense smoke, according to Roger Harmon, Johnson County's top elected official.

Authorities had initially hoped the man, whose name was not released, had left the scene on his own, like some of his colleagues who drove themselves to hospitals.

The worker's truck was later found upside down in the charred area, with its drilling component torn off and hurled 250 feet away. At least seven of the 13 workers at the site were taken to hospital. Two had been released and four were in a stable condition.

The condition of the remaining workers was unknown.

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