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24th April 2013, 08:18 PM
What's will all the booms and bangs these past few weeks?
Fourth explosion in fuel barge fire
MFRD: More explosions a concern
Updated: Wednesday, 24 Apr 2013, 10:08 PM CDT
Published : Wednesday, 24 Apr 2013, 8:56 PM CDT
MOBILE, Ala (WALA) - 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.
9:50 p.m. - A fourth explosion just occurred around 9:50 p.m. in a fuel barge fire on the east side of the Mobile River.
The Mobile Fire and Rescue Department said three were injured when two barges previously loaded with liquid natural gas exploded and caught fire. Officials said units are on the scene on the east side of Mobile River.
Lt. Mike Clawson said two natural gas barges exploded, the first occurring around 8:30 p.m. at 200 Dunlap Drive, near Austal.
It happened between the Bankhead Tunnel and the waterways - not near the Carnival Triumph.
The general manager of Ft. Conde Inn, Alan Waugh, saw and heard the explosion when it happened.
"We were up on a second floor balcony and the sky lit up in orange and yellow. My partner was on one end of the balcony and I was on the other. And you thought it was the Carnival cruise ship first, but then you realized it was a little further from the ship. It sounded like planes above you dropping bombs when it first went off."
He said they could feel the rumble, as well as the heat, from the explosion.
Another group was checking out the scene behind a concrete wall when the second explosion happened. They said they could feel the heat coming from the area.
The conditions of those are unknown at this time.
Members of the Coast Guard are on the scene investigation the cause.
http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/local_news/mobile_county/explosion-on-mobile-river
Fourth explosion in fuel barge fire
MFRD: More explosions a concern
Updated: Wednesday, 24 Apr 2013, 10:08 PM CDT
Published : Wednesday, 24 Apr 2013, 8:56 PM CDT
MOBILE, Ala (WALA) - 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.
9:50 p.m. - A fourth explosion just occurred around 9:50 p.m. in a fuel barge fire on the east side of the Mobile River.
The Mobile Fire and Rescue Department said three were injured when two barges previously loaded with liquid natural gas exploded and caught fire. Officials said units are on the scene on the east side of Mobile River.
Lt. Mike Clawson said two natural gas barges exploded, the first occurring around 8:30 p.m. at 200 Dunlap Drive, near Austal.
It happened between the Bankhead Tunnel and the waterways - not near the Carnival Triumph.
The general manager of Ft. Conde Inn, Alan Waugh, saw and heard the explosion when it happened.
"We were up on a second floor balcony and the sky lit up in orange and yellow. My partner was on one end of the balcony and I was on the other. And you thought it was the Carnival cruise ship first, but then you realized it was a little further from the ship. It sounded like planes above you dropping bombs when it first went off."
He said they could feel the rumble, as well as the heat, from the explosion.
Another group was checking out the scene behind a concrete wall when the second explosion happened. They said they could feel the heat coming from the area.
The conditions of those are unknown at this time.
Members of the Coast Guard are on the scene investigation the cause.
http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/local_news/mobile_county/explosion-on-mobile-river