Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.A construction firm has been fined £150,000 after workmen ruptured a pipeline and caused a major gas leak in Tannochside.The labourers ran for their lives following the accident at Newlands Farm.Hamilton Sheriff Court heard that 271 tonnes of natural gas was released into the air, but, fortunately, there was no explosion and no one was injured.John Murphy and Sons Limited, a global firm based in London, admitted a breach of safety regulations.Jennifer McLaren, prosecuting, said workers using a mechanical digger had gone too close to the pipeline.The incident happened in a field near the M74 in January 2014.The pipeline was being diverted and the firm was doing the.
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