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Thursday, 25 April 2013

Empty Gas Barge Explode on Mobile bay 3 in critical condition

A series of explosion had been taken in gasoline barge in Alabama late Wednesday.
A TWITTER UPDATE from mobile fire says that 3 blast occur on 2 barges on the east side of the Mobile River followed by the fourth explosion. It also says that three were injured in the blast and in critical condition were taken to the nearby hospital.

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The first explosion is said to have occurred at 8:30 pm and second at 9:10 pm and the fourth is about 9:50 pm
An update from U.S Coast Guard says that the total of seven explosion have been reported and the fire has been put out. 3 people was transmitted to the USA Medical center . The unnamed Gasoline barge was owned by Kirby Inland Marine.

An earlier update from the COAST GUARD is one of the barge was an empty compressed natural gas that was at the dock for cleaning.

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