Gasoline prices retreated as fears eased that a pipeline explosion would diminish supplies.
I was a Washington State resident when the pipeline explosion in Bellingham killed a small child.
Oil exploration in Nigeria, for instance, has seen deadly pipeline explosions that have killed hundreds of people.
Since 1984, at least 47 people have been killed in pipeline explosions in this country, usually after the pipelines were damaged by construction.
Six years later, a pipeline explosion in Guadalajara killed more than 200 people.
If Apache Energy was found responsible for the pipeline explosion, compensation claims could be made against the company.
Georgia's supply of Russian gas has been interrupted since Sunday due to pipeline explosions.
Gasoline prices surged on signs that supplies in the Northeast were being curtailed by two pipeline explosions.
A pipeline explosion in New Mexico two years ago reduced a bridge 500 feet away to powder, and melted sand into glass.
At least 47 people have been killed and 199 injured in pipeline explosions in the United States since 1984.