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Minot Community Members Evacuate Homes After Series of Explosions at Nearby Construction Site

Authorities say four propane tanks caught fire

March 23, 2019

MINOT, N.D. — Minot community members are forced to evacuate their homes following a series of explosions at a nearby construction site. Four propane tanks caught fire Friday night at the Trinity Medical Park construction site, in southwest Minot. Some community members say the explosions shook their homes more than five miles away. Those who temporarily evacuated have since returned…

Pipeline Protest Deadline Brings Fires, Explosions, Injuries and Arrests

Dakota Access Oil Pipeline in Morton County, North Dakota

February 22, 2017

TJ Nelson,

MORTON COUNTY, N.D. — A dramatic chain of events unfolded in Morton County at the site of the Dakota Access oil pipeline. There were ceremonial fires, explosions, injuries and arrests. All as the 2 p.m. Wednesday deadline for protesters to clear out of the main camp came and went. Protesters begin ceremonial burning of some of their living structures ahead…