--- description: Colonial restarted its gasoline pipeline six days after an explosion title: Colonial Restarts Alabama Gas Pipeline After Explosion image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3778c8835646cdc1/6988ad3ebc6cfc43363df386/colonial-gas-pipeline.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Environment](/tag/environment/) ## Environment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Colonial Restarts Alabama Gas Pipeline After Explosion by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Nov 6, 2016 4:32 PM CUT  Storage tanks stand at the Colonial Pipeline Co. Pelham junction and tank farm in Pelham, Alabama, U.S., on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016. Storage tanks stand at the Colonial Pipeline Co. Pelham junction and tank farm in Pelham, Alabama, U.S., on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016.Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Nov 6, 2016 4:32 PM CUT Colonial restarted its [gasoline pipeline](http://time.com/money/4499173/gas-prices-spike-30-cents/ "undefined") six days after an explosion and fire in Alabama during planned work on the line killed one person and injured several others. Crews continued repair on the pipeline on Saturday and Line 1 resumed service at 5:45 a.m. central time on Sunday. “Subsequent to today’s successful restart, it is expected to take several days for the fuel delivery supply chain to return to normal,” Colonial said in a statement. According to Colonial, fuel products are expected to arrive from Houston to Linden, New Jersey, where the system ends, within [three days](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jetty-colpipe/content/uploads/sites/9/2016/11/06081502/Colonial%5FPipeline%5FLine%5F1%5FSupply%5FUpdate%5F110616.pdf "undefined"). The explosion also shut down a sister pipeline that transports diesel and jet fuel for several hours. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the accident, [_Bloomberg_ reports](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-06/colonial-restarts-largest-u-s-gasoline-line-after-deadly-blast "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4559906/colonial-alabama-pipeline-restart-explosion/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4559906/colonial-alabama-pipeline-restart-explosion/"},"headline":"Colonial Restarts Alabama Gas Pipeline After Explosion","datePublished":"2016-11-06T16:32:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:39:07.285Z","description":"The explosion killed one person and injured several others","url":"https://time.com/4559906/colonial-alabama-pipeline-restart-explosion/","keywords":["Environment"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3778c8835646cdc1/6988ad3ebc6cfc43363df386/colonial-gas-pipeline.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3778c8835646cdc1/6988ad3ebc6cfc43363df386/colonial-gas-pipeline.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Atlantic Gasoline Flows Surge On Colonial Spill","caption":"Atlantic Gasoline Flows Surge On Colonial Spill","creditText":"Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/environment/","name":"Environment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4559906/colonial-alabama-pipeline-restart-explosion/","name":"Colonial Restarts Alabama Gas Pipeline After Explosion"}}]}] ```