Dems call for federal probe into fuel pipeline blast

A group of House Democrats called on the Obama administration Wednesday to start a federal investigation into a pipeline that exploded in Alabama Monday that the East Coast relies on for its gasoline supplies.

The explosion was the second major disruption that the Colonial Pipeline in Shelby County has experienced in the last two months. On Monday, a bulldozer operator accidentally ruptured the pipeline, causing an explosion that killed one worker and injured several others. The fire was still burning Tuesday as gasoline pump prices were already reported to be rising in the Southeast in anticipation of a major supply disruption.