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Explosion/Fire at Exxon Baton Rouge?? (Update in OP)

Posted on 12/18/15 at 3:59 am
Posted by biohzrd
Central City
Member since Jan 2010
5602 posts
Posted on 12/18/15 at 3:59 am
Can see it pretty clearly from my office, and that is not normal!!


Update: Explosion followed by fire. Under control with no injuries or deaths reported.)

This post was edited on 12/18/15 at 5:37 am
Posted by Capt ST
Hotel California
Member since Aug 2011
12837 posts
Posted on 12/18/15 at 4:04 am to
Damn I was just about to come here and ask if anyone heard it.
Posted by biohzrd
Central City
Member since Jan 2010
5602 posts
Posted on 12/18/15 at 4:07 am to
I heard it, and felt it inside mid office. Hope no one got hurt. Petty big fire right now.
Posted by BananaManCan
Member since Sep 2009
4057 posts
Posted on 12/18/15 at 4:09 am to
My buddy just sent me a pic from the barge. Cat cracker unit blew up
Posted by Great Plains Tiger
Member since Sep 2005
234 posts
Posted on 12/18/15 at 4:09 am to
I don't know but my windows rattled around 4.
Posted by BananaManCan
Member since Sep 2009
4057 posts
Posted on 12/18/15 at 4:10 am to
I'm surprised DALSU isn't on top of this news.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65701 posts
Posted on 12/18/15 at 4:11 am to
Not good to hear about.
Posted by TigerHuck
Member since Oct 2007
481 posts
Posted on 12/18/15 at 4:12 am to
Give it a rest Banana - people may not have made it out alive.
Posted by rayisright
Prairieville
Member since Sep 2005
64 posts
Posted on 12/18/15 at 4:12 am to
So it was the refinery? I work at one if the plastics plants in north BR. Live in prairieville and heard happen just before 4am.
Posted by iluvlsusports
Somewhere in South Louisiana
Member since Aug 2006
3664 posts
Posted on 12/18/15 at 4:14 am to
So glad for a place to get info at this time of the morning! I am in the very northern part of the parish and heard it too. Sounded like thunder, but I knew it couldn't be that!
Posted by BananaManCan
Member since Sep 2009
4057 posts
Posted on 12/18/15 at 4:17 am to
I know that I have coworkers there right now.
Posted by iluvlsusports
Somewhere in South Louisiana
Member since Aug 2006
3664 posts
Posted on 12/18/15 at 4:18 am to
I hope everybody is okay.
Posted by rayisright
Prairieville
Member since Sep 2005
64 posts
Posted on 12/18/15 at 4:20 am to
Can you post the pic?
Posted by BananaManCan
Member since Sep 2009
4057 posts
Posted on 12/18/15 at 4:21 am to
If I could figure out how to post the pic from my phone.
Posted by Ellis Dee
G-Lane aka Pakistan
Member since Nov 2013
6862 posts
Posted on 12/18/15 at 4:24 am to
Upload it to imgur, copy the link and post it here
Posted by Capt ST
Hotel California
Member since Aug 2011
12837 posts
Posted on 12/18/15 at 4:31 am to
Fire is out
Posted by iluvlsusports
Somewhere in South Louisiana
Member since Aug 2006
3664 posts
Posted on 12/18/15 at 4:32 am to
Any word on injuries?
Posted by BananaManCan
Member since Sep 2009
4057 posts
Posted on 12/18/15 at 4:35 am to
LINK
This post was edited on 12/18/15 at 4:36 am
Posted by reverendotis
the jawbone of an arse
Member since Nov 2007
4867 posts
Posted on 12/18/15 at 4:35 am to
quote:

Cat cracker unit blew up


Good Lord.

I sincerely hope this isn't a terrible tragedy.
Posted by AmosMosesAndTwins
Lake Charles
Member since Apr 2010
17886 posts
Posted on 12/18/15 at 4:37 am to
This post was edited on 12/18/15 at 4:40 am
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