DENVER (KDVR) — A large train and gas pipeline fire in Laramie County, Wyo. early Sunday morning could be seen into Colorado as far as Loveland, according to Colorado and Wyoming officials.
Laramie County Fire District #10 in a Facebook post said the fire near mile marker 350 on Interstate 80 was under control as of 9 a.m. Sunday morning, and that crews confirmed the incident involved a Union Pacific Railroad train and a ruptured natural gas pipeline.
The fire district said the ruptured pipeline ignited in close proximity to rail cars carrying hazardous materials. A spokesperson for Union Pacific Railroad told FOX31 the pipeline was the Kinder Morgan Pipeline, and the train stopped about 40 feet from the rupture…