Arizona gas pipeline fire leaves two dead

US midstream company Kinder Morgan confirmed August 17 that two people died and another was injured after a gas pipeline caught fire in Arizona.

Kinder in a statement to NGW confirmed that its El Paso pipeline experienced a failure on August 15 in Coolidge, a city just south of Phoenix.

“The impacted pipeline segment was isolated, and the fire was extinguished,” its statement read. “There were two fatalities and one injury.”

The El Paso network is a 10,140-mile-long pipeline system that sends natural gas from shale basins in Texas and Oklahoma to western US states and parts of northern Mexico.

Kinder added that it was working with the federal Transportation Safety Board and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, as well as state officials.

“An investigation into the cause of the incident is currently underway,” the company added. “We are also working closely with our customers on any impacts.”

Kinder added that the pipeline is shut down and the impacted area is secured. There are no lingering threats to the environment or to the community.