This image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows a pipeline burning after a collision near Bayou Perot 30 miles south of New Orleans, Tuesday March 12, 2012. The pipeline fire that was ignited when the pipe was hit by a tug boat pushing an oil barge burned into the early morning hours Wednesday in a bayou south of New Orleans. There was still liquid petroleum gas in the 19-mile pipeline and authorities were waiting for it to burn out, Coast Guard Petty Officer Alex Washington said. (AP Photo/US Coast Guard, Petty Officer 3rd Class Carlos Vega) Read the full story here. |
A tugboat and barge are engulfed in flames after hitting a natural gas pipeline in Bayou Perot about two miles south of lower Lafitte, Louisiana, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Four people were injured one person was severely burned and was being treated at West Jefferson Medical Center. (AP Photo/Michael DeMocker, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune) |
(AP Photo/Michael DeMocker, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune) |
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