A gas line explosion early Thursday morning in one Kentucky county set several homes on fire and sent at least one victim to the hospital for treatment, one emergency responder said.
The blast wrecked three homes, as well as several barns and vehicles, said Emergency Management Agency Director Greg Thomas, in ABC News. The injured individual was transported to the hospital with several burns, the extent of which aren’t yet known. Westlake Regional Hospital officials declined to release information about the victim’s status.
Columbia Gulf Transmission owns the line.
Local and regional emergency response teams are on the scene, ABC News reported.
One area resident — a student at Lindsey Wilson College — was 20 miles away from the explosion in Adair County, but said he could see the fireball it sent into the sky, ABC News said.
• Cheryl K. Chumley can be reached at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.
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