1:27pm

Wed September 21, 2011
Eastern and Central Kentucky

No Cause Found in Clark Co Gas Line Rupture

Credit James Mann / Winchester Sun
Winchester Fire Department Major Greg Beam, left, talks with Clark County Deputy Sheriff Johnny Graves and Allen Taylor, right, at a road block on Irvine Road a few miles from a natural gas pipeline rupture. Beam, who lives in Camargo, said the windows in

A 26-inch gas line owned by Tennessee Gas Pipeline ruptured early Wednesday morning in Clark County on Irvine Road near Trapp, about five miles from the company’s compressor station. There was no fire from the rupture, no reports of injuries, no reports of damage and no customer impact, according to a pipeline company spokesman. Gary Epperson, Clark County Emergency Management director, said the rupture was heard in at least Montgomery, Powell and Clark counties.