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This is going to be a power line installation. Not sure if it was a new line or a rebuild. It may have been contractors as opposed to utility personnel.

UPDATE 2-Texas pipeline blast kills 3 -official

A Texas state trooper said eight workers from Brazos Electric, a generation and transmission cooperative, were digging a hole near the pipe when the blast occurred.

"They were drilling holes to put up power lines when they struck the gas line," said State Trooper Dub Gillum with the Texas Department of Public Safety. "Most of them got out and got away."

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Who told them to dig there?