chatter amongst firemen that one of the barges may have hundreds of gallons of gasoline still on board...
Authorities are reported to have requested a one-mile evacuation zone around the shipyard...
Coast Guard representatives however told the Alabama Press-Register that a single barge had produced the multiple explosions...
The barges were at the Austal shipyard, early reports said. They were transporting natural gas and were believed to be partially emptied, according to Steve Huffman, a spokesperson for Mobile Fire-Rescue...
The crew on the Carnival cruise liner, which sits an estimated 1,000 feet away from the blast site, has been evacuated, local Channel 6 News reports. Emergency responders plan to let the fire burn out naturally throughout the night, citing conditions too dangerous to approach. Part of Austral, Alabama has also been evacuated.
http://rt.com/usa/alabama-blast-fuel-barge-364/
UPDATE: 10:07 p.m. - Mobile Mayor Sam Jones said Mobile Fire-Rescue will let the fire burn out on its own to prevent further injuries.
http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/local_news/mobile_county/explosion-on-mobile-river
The Carnival Triumph is jinxed. They should scrap it.