More than 10,000 people were briefly ordered to flee their homes on Thursday after a huge gas pipeline explosion shook the ground around their rural town.
Authorities said anyone within a four-mile radius of the explosion, including about 10,600 people in the town of Middleton, were ordered to evacuate while officials assessed the scope of the explosion, according to reports.
“MIDDLETON EVACUATION NOTICE”, Canyon County Sheriff’s Office published in X shortly after The explosion.
“Our Sheriff’s Office is currently working to evacuate anyone within a 4-mile radius of Purple Sage Rd. and Duff Ln in Middleton due to a gas line explosion that occurred near the intersection a short time ago,” the publication said.
Residents were told to “shelter in place” after authorities determined the gas line had been shut off and the evacuation order was rescinded in a reverse 911 call.
“We just received the news that the gas has been turned off,” said the the sheriff’s office said in a follow-up mail. “The evacuation notice has been lifted. Anyone within a 4-mile radius is asked to shelter in place at this time. Will provide additional updates as they become available.”
More than 10,000 people were briefly ordered to flee their homes on Thursday after a huge gas pipeline explosion shook the ground around their rural town. Great Britain Atchinson via TMX
Authorities said anyone within a four-mile radius of the explosion, including about 10,600 people in the town of Middleton, were ordered to evacuate while officials assessed the scope of the explosion, according to reports.
Residents in the area reported feeling a “crazy boom” on the ground when the Joe Decker explosion occurred, a sheriff’s office spokesman told reporters.
A video posted to Facebook on Thursday shows two columns of smoke rising from behind a row of trees after the explosion, with a constant hiss heard in the background.
The sheriff’s office said it had yet to determine if anyone was killed or injured in the explosion in the small southwestern Idaho community.
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