Arkansas Residents Evacuate as Exxon-Mobil Tar Sands Pipeline Ruptures

www.rawstory.com - March 30, 2013 - David Ferguson

An Exxon-Mobil oil pipeline ruptured Friday afternoon [March 29] in the town of Mayflower, Arkansas, forcing the evacuation of 20 homes and shutting down sections of interstate highway. According to Little Rock’s KATV, a hazardous materials team from the Office of Emergency Management has contained the spill and is currently attempting a cleanup.

The burst pipe is part of the Pegasus pipeline network, which connects tar sands along the Gulf coast to refineries in Houston. Thousands of gallons of crude oil erupted from the breach around 3:00 p.m. on Friday, spilling through a housing subdivision and into the town’s storm drainage system, fouling drainage ditches and shutting down Highway 365 and Interstate 40.

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