From: CBC
Thousands without heat south of Winnipeg as arctic blast moves in
A natural gas pipeline explosion near Otterburne, Man., 50 kilometres
south of Winnipeg, has left thousands without heat as temperatures drop
to -20 C, or -34 C with the wind chill.
A fire is out after burning for more than 12 hours at the site of a
natural gas pipeline explosion near Otterburne, Man., about 50
kilometres south of Winnipeg. But officials say there are now natural
gas outages affecting as many as 4,000 people in nearby communities,
where temperatures dipped to near -20 C overnight.
The Rural Municipality of Hanover declared a state of local emergency Saturday afternoon in a release that said the outage was expected to last 24 to 72 hours.
The trouble began early Saturday when RCMP responded around 1:05 a.m. to a "loud explosion."
Witnesses who live close to the scene said it was massive. Paul Rawluk lives nearby and drove to the site.
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