A crash that caused a natural gas line fire in Mansfield ended with hundreds of families being evacuated early Wednesday morning and highways in the area closed.
It was around 1:00 a.m. on March 23 when a vehicle hit a natural gas pipeline near an Exxon service station at the intersection of Highway 360 and U.S. 287.Flames, visible from miles away, engulfed the station and lit up the night sky.
Concerns about the leaking natural gas forced evacuations of residents living within a one-mile radius of the fire.It took crews with the Mansfield Fire Department more than two hours to get the fire under control. Evacuees were told to gather at Annette Perry Elementary School — where they stayed until about 4:00 a.m.Anyone traveling in the area can expect road closures in both the north and southbound lanes of Highway 287.The CBS DFW team is a group of experienced journalists who along with our many CBS 11 reporters, bring you content on CBSDFW.com.
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