Four yuan in the flame and burned on Tuesday of collapsed, gas line explosion, fire, the fire lasted at least one hour, melting a large on interstate 77 barrier and sidewalks.
Five, other family for a wide range of external damage, processing several people inhaling smoke discomfort, but authorities said, no deaths, all the residents have been accounted for.
The governor earl LeiShang Boolean, he visited the damage, so to the media, said: "we have been very lucky,". "They are just lucky to not go home."
Most people in work. A man had just left to go hunting, he said.
State police spokesman sergeant. Michael Baylous said, slight secondary explosion risks remain, so was originally told to stay near the house inside then was asked to leave.
The explosion was in Sissonville and Pocatalico NiSource Columbia gas company, the parent company have a twenty inches in transmission line before 1 PM. Gas flow were closed, but the first national police sergeant. James lee said it is still transmission line pressure.
Canova county committee chairman, capote, Kent said, flame has been shooting fifty to 75 feet high, the fire was put out before.
"It sounds like a Boeing 757. The roar," he said. "This is great. You just can't hear any sound. It's like a space flight.
Trevor Goins live about half a mile explosion, and in his apartment to watch TV, when he saw in his coffee cup, a stone arouse thousand layer wave, floor tremor.
"I think it is a plane crash, said:" Goins, he immediately ran outside and several neighbors. "It is so loud, that sounds like a turbine engine, you can put your hands on your ears."
He got his car, driving is near, see the fire on the top of high.
"Flame is so high, they are so great," he said. "I can only imagine what happened."
Capote said, about a quarter mile flame across the interstate highway of culvert through the run.
"This is actually in cooked the interstate highway," he said. "It looks like a tar pit".
ShangBuLin said, about 800 feet of part two direction baking heat.
"He said," it into the asphalt, cinder, then walk through it. "Your feet is hot, it is like a volcano walk on."
Transport minister Paul mato hicks said, the contractor has been in maintenance work, and the hope of the nation (Wednesday) evening the reopening of the highway. Crew did work all night, in order to remove asphalt and ground before the original concrete road resurfaced.
"We will do everything we can, put it back," mato Banks said. "
Usually the reflection of the green interstate highway sign was burned down the white metal melting guardrail, telegraph pole burned up, and the explosion blew up a big hole on the road, throw dirt, rocks and debris across the interstate highway.
"Even in the hillside was fire," ShangBuLin said. "There are some families in the near, which was still smoking."
Tom miller in Sissonville volunteer fire brigade, training personnel, amazing damage.
"Four lane has gone," he said, "this is significant, driving without injury. "We are very lucky - no rush."
Federal and state investigators are trying to determine the cause.
"He said:" this is a rare event, "the governor said." at this time, we don't have the answers to these questions.
NiSource spokesman mike Bernard, said that the company is still in the facts.
"Our primary task is to our employees and the community safety," he said, do not affect to the customer expectations.
U.S. senator jay Rockefeller, the senate commerce committee chairman, and has made pipeline safety as the top priority, swear to get an answer.
West Virginia democrat said, the national transportation safety board is offering a team "soon" survey, he says, is the United States energy department, the ministry of communications pipeline and hazardous materials safety administration.
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