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TexasTowelie

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Fri Feb 10, 2017, 08:26 AM Feb 2017

'This could burn for days': 2 workers hospitalized, 1 missing after pipeline fire in Paradis



Updated, 6 a.m.: A fire was still burning Friday morning at the Phillips 66 pipeline in the St. Charles Parish town of Paradis. One employee remained unaccounted for.

More updates as they are available

Original story:


Two workers were injured, one airlifted to the burn unit in Baton Rouge, and another is unaccounted for after an explosion at the Phillips 66 pipeline in Paradis.

St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne said it was hoped the final worker had "just wandered off," and the nearby area was being searched.

Read more: http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/crime_police/article_1699947c-ef30-11e6-a25e-c3225fffa4ee.html
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'This could burn for days': 2 workers hospitalized, 1 missing after pipeline fire in Paradis (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2017 OP
There's going to be a lot more stories like these around the country Norbert9 Feb 2017 #1
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