Several hundred people were evacuated from the area, over night, but most were allowed back to their homes Tuesday morning.
The pipeline carries forty thousand barrels of ethane and propane, every day.
Enterprise Product Partners LP, the company that runs the pipeline, was quick to close it off, and divert the flow to other pipes, avoiding a stoppage of service.
They do not yet know when they will able to reopen the stretch of pipeline.
An investigation is underway to determine what caused the rupture and explosion.
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