Knifley Explosion: Much of Elkhorn Road site covered with rubble 2014-02-13 - .6 mile west of Crossroads, Knifley, KY - Photo by Alan W. Reed. Knifley Area Volunteer Firemen are pictured here on what is left of the road bed on Elkhorn Road/KY 76 west of Knifley. The road is now closed from the Crossroads in Knifley on the East to the Eastridge Cemetery Road on the west. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Vehicles of first responders at Knifley pipeline explosion 2014-02-13 - Knifley, KY - Photo by Alan W. Reed. First responders including five area fire departments were on the scene this morning following the Knifley pipeline explosion. These were on KY 76, Elkhorn Road, about one-half mile west of Baker's Store - Knifley United Brethren Church - Knifley Area Volunteer Fire Department. - Alan W. Reed Coordinated coverage of the Gas Line Explosion being carried by Larry Smith and the news teams at WAVE 92.7 FM and the Big Dawg 99.9 and ColumbiaMagazine.com Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Knifley Pipeline Explosion - Fire from a distance 2014-02-13 - Knifley, KY - Photo by Alan W. Reed. For a period of time flames roared over 300 feet into the air. This shot was from 551 roughly 2 miles south of the Crossroads. - Alan W. Reed Coordinated coverage of the Gas Line Explosion being carried by Larry Smith and the news teams at WAVE 92.7 FM and the Big Dawg 99.9 and ColumbiaMagazine.com Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Knifley Pipeline Explosion: Approach to blocked KY 76 2014-02-13 - Knifley, KY - Photo By Alan W. Reed. Eerie Glow:As I approached the blocked area (about .6 miles west of Crossroads in Knifley) on the Elkhorn Road, there was an eerie glow. . . and this was taken several minutes after the explosion. I've been told by eyewitnesses that the first flames went 300-400 feet into the air. This would be at the foot of the hill. As near as I could estimate ground zero, it would have been south of Perkins Loop and Robinson Ridge. The area affected, I've learned from David Jones, our Adair Director of Pupil Transportation is in the Sam's Lane to Perkins Loop area. While an event of this magnitude is having a huge impact - I've learned that a large number of Knifley area residents have chosen, on their own, to evacuate their homes - David Jones is planning the orderly dispatch of school buses and we'll be operating schools today; if we're learning anything from this event, it is from the professionalism of first responders, who are now doing the job they've trained for, and doing it without panic. - from Alan W. Reed, Adair County School Superintendent Coordinated coverage of the Gas Line Explosion being carried by Larry Smith and the news teams at WAVE 92.7 FM and the Big Dawg 99.9 and ColumbiaMagazine.com Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

One of three currently known residential fires 2014-02-13 - Knifley, KY - Photo by Alan W. Reed. This is one of three residential fires I saw while surveying the impact of the gas line explosion in Knifley, KY. I was struck by the orderly manner and professionalism of the police, fire departments, and other first responders addressing the situation. They were doing the job they have spent countless hours preparing for, hoping the time never comes that the training will need to be used. This morning it was needed. And it is paying off. - Alan W. Reed Coordinated coverage of the Gas Line Explosion being carried by Larry Smith and the news teams at WAVE 92.7 FM and the Big Dawg 99.9 and ColumbiaMagazine.com Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Firemen at scene of rubble blocking KY 76, Knifley 2014-02-13 - KY 76 w of Knifley, KY - Photo iPhone photo from Alan W. Reed. This photo is taken about .6 of a mile West of the KY 551/KY 76 crossroads on KY 76/Elkhorn Road. Rubble blocks the road now. There is intense heat, and the smell of gas is in the air according to Superintendent Alan Reed. Mr. Reed was in the area to see how the gasline explosion would impact school buses, and at this point, THERE WILL BE SCHOOL IN ADAIR COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT TODAY. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Beautiful ice needles by Ashley Baker - II 2014-02-12 - KY 80, between Columbia and Edmonton, KY - Photo by Ashley Baker. Another of the beautiful ice formations, taken today February 12, on KY 80 on my way back from Edmonton, that my father told me he saw on his way to work in Bowling Green this morning. - Ashley Baker Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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