#BREAKING: Oil Rig Explodes in Louisiana

alboenews.net ^ | October 15, 2017 | Al Boe

[rdl6989]

KENNER, LOUISIANA (ALBOENEWS) — An oil rig has exploded in Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana, according to local media.

The incident occurred on Sunday evening and has caused multiple injuries.

[rdl6989]

Short article, short excerpt.

[Karl Spooner]

They tossed out the reporters that were filming it.

https://youtu.be/Mj56hC1BDHs

[rdl6989]

Thanks for the link.

[BenLurkin]

//live feed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx2lNApsPnw

[ClearBlueSky]

Bunch of small platforms in the lake toward the west end near spillway. Heard a rumbly boom but thought it was (hopefully) thunder. All over news now but no one knows anything. Still burning.

[VanShuyten]

Slightly more here:

http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2017/10/kenner_oil_rig_explosion_lake.html#incart_river_index

[rdl6989]

Thanks, I started to post that but I wasn’t sure of posting rules from that source.

[Karl Spooner]

Natural gas platform. “Fire getting a lot bigger....”

[Fiddlstix]

Bookmark

[Jeff Chandler]

An oil rig has exploded in Lake Pontchartrain

"George Bush doesn't care about black gold."

[montag813]

Crude futures jumped $0.50 on the news

[ClearBlueSky]

7 rescued 5 critical 1 unaccounted for. They are trying to reach valve to shut fuel off.

[hoosiermama]

Thanks for the update(s

[lonevoice]

bkmk

[Rebelbase]

Seeing that fire at night brought back a memory from when I was a kid in New Orleans around 1969 or 1970. A freighter and oil barge collided close to the Huey P. Long bridge.

The local UHF station was on one of the higher floors of the Trade Mart building and cut their feed for a live broadcast.

Dad loaded us up in the car and drove down to the levee to watch. The barge broke into three flaming pieces that were scattered down river.

The freighter was stuck under the bridge and burned until it sank.

I vividly recall my father saying to us, “if there’s an explosion HIT THE GROUND.”

[Rebelbase]

1969.

https://maritimecyprus.com/2016/04/06/flashback-in-history-union-faith-warren-j-doucet-tow-collision-and-25-fatalities-6-april-1969/

[TexasBarak]

This is called a “blowout”, and for it to happen requires a number of people to have made mistakes in setting things up, and then more in not reacting to the problem in the proper manner.

[Bulwyf]

Also some equipment would not of worked. Pressure switches etc.

Sounds like a lot of things failed.