Dixie Pipeline is a 1,307-mile (2,103 km) long propane pipeline, varying from 6 to 12 inch line, running from Gulf of Mexico fractioners and refineries to delivery points in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.
[1][2] On November 1, 2007, a 12-inch-diameter section of Dixie Pipeline, transporting liquid propane at about 1,405 pounds per square inch, ruptured in a rural area near Carmichael, Mississippi.
The resulting propane cloud expanded over nearby homes and ignited, creating a large fireball that was seen from miles away.
[3] On July 5, 2010, a landowner hit the pipeline with a bulldozer, rupturing it, in McDuffie County, Georgia.
The escaping propane ignited 16 minutes later, killing one person and injuring another, and destroyed a mobile home.