Flight restrictions due to Gulf fireball

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Luke Johnson

 14 March 2013 21:28 GMT

The US Coast Guard on Thursday placed a temporary flight restriction over the area where a ruptured liquid petroleum gas pipeline was spewing fire in the Gulf of Mexico after a tug pushing a barge struck the Chevron-owned line earlier in the week.

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