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“No immediate threat to public” — Major explosion, fire at Louisiana
chemical plant — 33 reported injured, 600 workers onsite — “Close
doors and windows and stay inside”
13
June, 2013
WAFB,
June 13, 2013 at 1:19p ET: Officials with the Louisiana Department of
Environmental Quality (DEQ) reports that 33 people were injured in a
Thursday morning plant explosion in Geismar, La. There are no
confirmed fatalities. Residents in Iberville Parish from Highway 3115
to Highway 74 should shelter in place as a precaution. Close doors
and windows and stay inside. Officials at the plant say the explosion
happened at 8:37 a.m. Louisiana State Police Capt. Doug Cain reports
the fire is now out. There were as many as 600 workers in the plant
at the time of the explosion. There is no word on what caused the
explosion. [...]
NBC
News:
[...] A chemical is being burned off, but there is no immediate
threat to the public and it is not being released into the air,
[Jared Sadifer, a state police spokesman] said. [...]
WWL
AM870:
Officials say there has been a major explosion and fire at a plant in
Geismar, Louisiana. Ambulances and helicopters have taken at least 30
people to area hospitals. Parish officials have ordered parish
residents to “shelter in place.” [...]
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