▁St . ▁El mo , ▁Illinois ▁caught ▁fire , ▁inj uring ▁two ▁workers . ▁W eld ing ▁caused ▁the ▁tank ▁to ▁ign ite ▁resulting ▁in ▁several ▁explos ions . ▁Two ▁workers ▁were ▁taken ▁to ▁the ▁hospital . ▁ ▁On ▁November ▁ 5 , ▁two ▁people ▁were ▁hurt ▁when ▁an ▁El ▁Pas o ▁Natural ▁Gas ▁pipeline ▁expl oded ▁in ▁the ▁Texas ▁Pan handle ▁near ▁Bush land , ▁Texas . ▁The ▁explos ion ▁left ▁a ▁hole ▁about ▁ 3 0 ▁yards ▁by ▁ 2 0 ▁yards ▁and ▁close ▁to ▁ ▁deep . ▁The ▁orange ▁infer no ▁rose ▁about ▁ 7 0 0 ▁feet ▁in ▁the ▁air ; ▁the ▁bl ast ▁inc iner ated ▁the ▁home ▁of ▁the ▁Jose ▁Tor res ▁family , ▁inj uring ▁his ▁wife ▁Ag n iesz ka ▁and ▁daughter ▁Fran cz es ka . ▁About ▁ 2 0 0 ▁residents ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁were ▁ev acu ated . ▁Bush land ▁is ▁in ▁Pot ter ▁County , ▁about ▁ ▁west ▁of ▁Am ar illo . ▁The ▁failure ▁was ▁in ▁an ▁abandoned ▁tap , ▁but ▁the ▁exact ▁failure ▁reason ▁remains ▁unknown . ▁The ▁explos ion ▁cause ▁$ 4 3 6 , 1 3 6 ▁in ▁property ▁damage . ▁ ▁On ▁November ▁ 1 4 , ▁a ▁fire ▁at ▁a ▁gas ▁compress or ▁station ▁near ▁Camer on , ▁West ▁Virginia ▁slightly ▁burn ed ▁one ▁employee , ▁and ▁caused ▁$ 5 . 6   mill ion ▁of ▁damage ▁to ▁the ▁facility . ▁ ▁Also ▁on ▁November ▁ 1 4 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 ,