There is a law in the USA requiring that you call for underground utility locations before you do any excavation.
The pictures below are a result of a farmer using a post hole digger without calling for "locates" and he hit an underground, high-pressure cross country gas pipe.
Had to be one of those gas powered augers, either free-standing or on a tractor.
They never did find the guy...
It took out 2 homes...
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This seemed unbelievable, so I dug around on the web and found this:
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/89-1.shtml
The pics are real, just not the story. :>
See here for the local newspaper's version:
http://www2.newsadvance.com/lna/news/local/article/a_view_from_above_appomattox_pipeline_explosion/8689/
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