Two Oil Storage Tanks Blow Up, Three Others Burn Following Explosion

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Two Oil Storage Tanks Blow Up, Three Others Burn Following Explosion

Monterey, LA, United States 2/22/2000- 4:00 PM

Authorities don't know why two oil storage tanks blew up and three others burned in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, just west of the Mississippi River.

No injuries were reported, and an evacuation was not required because no one lives close to the temporary crude oil storage facility, according to Louisiana State Trooper Steve Childers.

The report of an explosion was received shortly after 4 p.m. at the site located just off State Highway 129, near the town of Monterey. Authorities learned later that two storage tanks had blown up.

Within two hours, three more storage tanks burned. Each tank held between 8,800 and 16,800 gallons of oil.

Representatives of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality were sent to the scene to investigation, although there were no initial reports of environmental damage.

The temporary storage facility was maintained for crude oil owned by Sea Gull Co., headquarters location not known.

http://chemsafety.gov/circ/post.cfm?incident_id=4685

-- Carl Jenkins (Somewherepress@aol.com), February 23, 2000


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