Burst Oil Pipeline Forces Olympic Torch Run Detour
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<i> Associated Press</i>
GRAMERCY, La. — A oil pipeline burst Friday, spewing 310,000 gallons of gasoline into a swamp along the route of the Olympic torch relay and forcing a 15-mile detour.
“We don’t want to come through with a flame in an area where we have gasoline,” said Wayne Winkler, spokesman for the state police.
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