The Garland County Sheriff's Office says the fire burned two acres of land with minimal structural damage and no reported injuries or deaths.
JESSIEVILLE, Ark. — Garland County Emergency Management said a pipeline ruptured along Highway 298, creating an explosion and igniting a fire in Jessieville on Wednesday.
"Whenever it went off, I really didn't know what it was," Adam Merriott said on the explosion."At first, I was like, 'Did they drop a bomb or what?' because it was really just that loud. There were vibrations everywhere." "We have had a pipeline rupture here before," Garland County Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer John Schroeder said."I don't know exactly when it was, but it was in this area on the other side of the highway, so this has happened before, but they're fairly rare."
Jessieville High School officials confirmed that the school district's safe room between the sports arena and the back of the elementary school was used for people to seek shelter during the emergency.
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