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Article updated: 12/11/2012 4:00 PM

W.Va. gas line explodes, burns homes and roads

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A fireball erupts Tuesday across Interstate 77 from a gasline explosion in Sissonville, W. Va.

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At least five homes went up in flames Tuesday afternoon and a badly burned section of Interstate 77 in West Virginia was closed after a natural gas line exploded in an hour-long inferno.