DENVER (NYTIMES) - A submerged pipeline that exploded and a fire on board a dredging vessel on Friday (Aug 21) left two crew members dead and two others missing in Corpus Christi, Texas, the United States Coast Guard said.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
DENVER - A submerged pipeline that exploded and a fire on board a dredging vessel on Friday left two crew members dead and two others missing in Corpus Christi, Texas, the United States Coast Guard said.
The Coast Guard was continuing to search for the two missing crew members, said Captain Edward Gaynor of the US Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi. Officials were notified about a fire at the Port of Corpus Christi around 8am on Friday. Lieutenant Marina Lawrence of the Coast Guard said that although it was clear that a submerged pipeline had exploded and that the fire and the pipeline explosion were related, the cause remained unclear and was under investigation.The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality said on Friday that a barge struck a propane pipeline.
The Port of Corpus Christi, which is on the western Gulf of Mexico, has a 47-foot-deep channel. Mr Strawbridge said that goods worth US$200 million move through the port on an uninterrupted day.
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