Overview

• Laramie County Fire Authority confirms a natural gas line ruptured south of I-80 mile marker 345 early Sunday, igniting a persistent blaze.
• Kinder Morgan’s Colorado Interstate Gas shut flows on a nearby segment and is probing a potential failure on the affected line in Laramie County.
• A Union Pacific train stopped roughly 40 feet from the rupture and rail operations in the area are paused pending safety checks, with no derailment reported.
• The fire’s smoke and glow were visible across parts of northern Colorado, and local agencies asked residents not to call 911 to report it.
• Cheyenne Fire Rescue’s hazmat team is on scene, the NTSB says it is gathering information, and officials report no hazardous materials from the train were released.