Lake Worth Gas Leak Sends 14 To Hospitals

A rupture in a buried 10-inch natural gas line buckled the asphalt above it Friday morning and sent a 30-foot plume of flammable vapor into the air, yards away from Interstate 95. If the fumes had ignited before the flow of gas was disconnected, the resulting explosion would have been "devastating

Source Palm Beach Post

Jan. 11, 2003
A rupture in a buried 10-inch natural gas line buckled the asphalt above it Friday morning and sent a 30-foot plume of flammable vapor into the air, yards away from Interstate 95. If the fumes had ignited before the flow of gas was disconnected, the resulting explosion would have been "devastating
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