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FILE - A massive pipeline fire burns after a vehicle drove through a fence along a parking lot and struck an above-ground valve near Spencer Highway and Summerton on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, in La Porte, Texas. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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Flame from furious pipeline fire near Houston subsides but continues burning

A pipeline explosion in Deer Park, Texas, caused by a vehicle striking an above-ground valve, led to a fire, evacuation, and ongoing investigations.

Meadow Way Drive residents Maddy Graham, right, and Ashley Cordova are self evacuating with cat, Mitzi, as the pipeline fire burns in the background Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, in Deer Park, Texas. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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A pipeline explosion sends a towering pillar of flame over Houston’s suburbs

La Porte City Secretary Lee Woodward told KTRK-TV that they don’t yet know what flows through the pipeline or how it will be...