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Interstate 77 reopens after W.Va. gas inferno
SISSONVILLE, W.Va. (AP) — Interstate 77 has reopened in both directions in West Virginia after crews worked through the night to repair damage from a massive natural gas line explosion and fire.
Tuesday's inferno destroyed four homes and damaged others. It melted guardrails and left a huge swath of the interstate in Sissonville impassible. Nobody was killed, but several people were treated for smoke inhalation.
The interstate was reopened to traffic in both directions early Wednesday.
A roughly 800-foot section in both directions was baked by the heat.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/12/12/west-virginia-interstate-gas/1763025/
Related story here from the Charleston Gazette.
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