Pittsburgh pipeline explosion was like gazing ‘into hell’

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A natural gas pipeline explosion near Pittsburgh Friday damaged several house, with one firefighter saying it looked like an open door to hell.

Environmental groups quickly latched onto the disaster as an example of why all pipeline project proposals moving shale gas from Pennsylvania to the Northeast should be immediately rejected by federal and state approval boards.

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