Lightning has struck the Columbia gulf gas pipeline causing a massive explosion

Currently numerous emergency crews and other agencies have assembled at Columbia Gulf gas pipeline in Corinth, Mississippi in response to massive explosion with a large fire. Officials believed that the ignition has resulted from a lightning strike which impacted the Columbia Gulf gas pipeline. However, the current status if the gas has been stopped from leaking or if any persons present at the site of the explosion, have sustained injuries, remains unknown at this time