Keystone Pipeline shut down after rupture

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The Keystone Pipeline in North Dakota ruptured Tuesday morning. 

According to Bill Seuss, spill investigation program manager with the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality, an employee working at the site near Fort Ransom, North Dakota, heard a “mechanical bang.” The pipeline was shut down within two minutes of the rupture, and emergency personnel were notified.

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