Rupture on TC Energy's NGTL gas pipeline sparks wildfire in Alberta
By Anushree Ashish Mukherjee and Anjana Anil
(Reuters) -A section of TC Energy's NGTL gas pipeline system in Alberta ruptured and caught fire on Tuesday, sparking a wildfire in a remote area, the company said.
"An initial ignition of natural gas at the rupture site is now extinguished. We are working to support Alberta Wildfire in their response to contain a secondary fire," the company said in a statement on its website.
TC said there were no injuries and it was working closely with first responders in the region.
The fire broke out about 40 km (25 miles) northwest of Edson, Alberta, in Yellowhead County. Canadian broadcaster Global News said there was a plume of flames and smoke visible from many kilometres away.
The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) said initial investigations indicated a rupture in a gas pipeline caused the fire, which was under control.
TC Energy said it has isolated and shut down the affected section of the NGTL system, and the remainder of the system is operating normally with no commercial impact.
The CER said it is sending inspectors to the area to monitor and oversee the company’s response and determine the impact of the incident.
NGTL is TC Energy's natural gas gathering and transportation system that transports gas produced in Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) to markets in Canada and United States.
(Reporting by Anjana Anil, Anushree Mukherjee, Sherin Elizabeth Varghese and Harshit Verma in Bengaluru and Nia Williams in British Columbia; Editing by Michael Perry and Stephen Coates)
