Seven years later, Lincoln County remembers deadly pipeline explosion

Seven years later, Lincoln County remembers deadly pipeline explosion

MORELAND, Ky. — Seven years ago this month, a natural gas pipeline ruptured in the darkness of an August morning, killing one Lincoln County woman, injuring six people and leaving a neighborhood devastated. The rupture occurred at about 1:23 a.m. Aug. 1, 2019, along Enbridge Inc.’s 30-inch Line 15 near the Indian Camp subdivision in the Moreland area. About 101.5 million cubic feet of natural gas escaped and ignited. The force of the rupture tor…