Explosion and fire killed one person and injured 73 olefin plant cover, Williams, Louisiana, Thursday, disturbing a industrial city, the local authorities ordered the people to keep a few hours of indoor, to avoid the smoke.
Bang 37 points (ET) 0937 at 8 in the morning to send a huge ball of fire and smoke into the air. Factory along the Mississippi River, about 60 miles from New Orleans, 12 plant along one of 10 miles (16 km) long river.
Fire, burning petrochemical acrylic, burned for more than three hours, while the government monitors have not detected dangerous levels, Louisiana's governor bobby gold near the scene of darfur told a news conference.
"Once the investigation is completed, and once a responsible party, they will be held accountable," jindal said. "
Louisiana police said the victim was Zachary c. green, 29, Hammond, but he gave no further information.
About 300 workers were evacuated from the factory, all the employees accounted for, including 10 people who live in a safe behind the plants inside the room, jindal said.
Emergency crews spent more than 73 people to the hospital inspection, jindal said at least five people burn center in baton rouge general hospital for treatment, Freud said Dr Roberts, the doctors there.
Shut down, plant operations and company's own emergency response personnel at the scene to assist, Williams because parents group said in a statement.
Authorities ordered 2 miles (3 km) radius of people stay in their homes, partly because of the smoke, Kenyon said Lester, ascension parish spokesman.
Jindal said, "safe place" in order to later for residents to remove, but it is still effective scale back its business in the other four factories in this area.
Ascension parish police chief Jeffrey wiley said: "this is a sad day at guy's horse, especially the olefin Williams working families, and that for petrochemical community in this regard,". "This is an industry safety every day, every second, but unfortunately, things happen."
Same species had an accident in 2009, leading to fire, cause property damage, but no casualties, about 60 pounds (27 kilograms) of combustible mixture is released, according to the network from the right to know, citing data from the U.S. environmental protection agency's risk management database.
The factory produced about $130 million pounds (590 million kg) of ethylene and grade propylene polymerization, it is used to make plastics, 9 billion pounds (40000000 kg) each year, according to Williams.
Officials say the only acrylic combustion.
Williams manages the factory, and holds a 83% stake in the company said.
COS Williams shares fell as much as 4.3%, a trading day down 1% on Thursday.
As large-scale equipment operation in great pressure and high thermal, petrochemical industry is particularly prone to the occasional fire and explosion, most of which was quickly under control. Limited personal injury or damage to the
Louisiana is the country's southern petrochemical facilities, a large share of, in the past two years have seen at least two other explosions.
In the west lake, the explosion of the chemical ethylene sent toxic cloud over the town of vinyl chloride and hydrochloric acid in March 2012, and in June 2011 is in more than one chemical group plant explosion in new Iberia, about 50 km, from gus. Whether it is a blast damage.
In BP refinery in Texas city, Texas, on the pressure of the industry, in order to improve the safety has increased, because of the explosion in 2005, 15 people were killed and 170 injured in one of the most serious industrial accidents in decades.
In a chemical fertilizer plant in west Texas, killing 14 people, explosion in April also sharpening attention processing of volatile chemicals.
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