All four froze, but they beat the blaze and thawed the frozen pumps, valves and fittings with propane heaters.

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America and operates a number of service centers, supply branches and sales offices through which it markets pipes, valves, fittings, safety and other maintenance products.

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MRC, headquartered in Houston, is the largest global industrial distributor of pipe, valves and fittings to the energy industry, based on sales.

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