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Nov 14 (Reuters) - A pipeline exploded in rural Milford, Texas, on Thursday and police have asked residents of nearby areas to evacuate, the town's mayor's office said.
There were no injuries following the incident, local media cited a fire chief as saying. Milford is some 50 miles south of Dallas and has a population of about 700 people, according to its website.
A local CBS-TV affiliate was broadcasting live from the scene and showed heavy flames rising from an open field where there appeared to be a drilling rig and several vehicles.
Fox 4 News said a wider area may have to be evacuated because another pipeline in the area could be at risk. (Reporting by Edward McAllister, Jeanine Prezioso, Robert Gibbons and Sabina Zawadzki; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick and Maureen Bavdek)
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