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Gas-line blast closes major highway, injures at least 11

A fireball erupts after a large gas pipeline exploded in Fresno, Calif., Friday, April 17, 2015. The explosion and fire closed both directions of Highway 99, authorities said. (Kevin Ling via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
A fireball erupts after a large gas pipeline exploded in Fresno, Calif., Friday, April 17, 2015. The explosion and fire closed both directions of Highway 99, authorities said. (Kevin Ling via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

By Associated Press 1 min read

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) – Kevin Ling was driving by shortly after the blast, and he saw fire flying into the sky.

“As I got closer, the flames were just bigger and bigger,” he said. “It was shooting up to 200 feet or more, and a fireball maybe 10 to 15 feet in diameter. It was like out of a movie.”

“My window was up and my AC was on and it still felt like a furnace inside my car,” he added.