The company that owns the gasoline pipeline that exploded and erupted into flames last week says the line is back in service.
Colonial Pipeline executives say service was restarted at around 5:45 yesterday morning. The pipeline transports gasoline from the Gulf Coast to New York City.
The line exploded last Monday at a site about 25 miles southwest of Birmingham while a crew was making repairs related to a leak in September that spilled over three hundred thousand gallons of gasoline.
Government officials and Colonial Pipeline say a piece of excavation equipment hit the pipeline, causing the explosion. Further details regarding the operation and explosion haven’t been released.
Shelby County Deputy Coroner Lina Evans says 48 year old Anthony Lee Willingham of Heflin, Alabama, died in the blast. Four other workers were injured and remain hospitalized.