Early Morning Explosion Rattles Southeast Louisiana
A massive fireball rose over rural Louisiana on Tuesday morning, waking residents and sending emergency crews scrambling to find a cause. The apparent explosion happened right around dawn, near the twon of Enon, in the Southeast corner of the state, about a hour north of New Oreleans. Authorities tell local station WDSU that it could be a gas line rupture, but they can't get close enough to the scene yet to evalutate.
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WWL-TV has been sent a number of eyewitness photos and at least one video of the immediate aftermath of the blast.
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There are more images on social media as well.
BREAKING: possible explosion In Washington Parish. Eyewitnesses heard blast & report bright orange light in sky & funny smell, power outages
— Melanie Hebert (@MelanieHebert) June 18, 2013
The blast reportedly happened near the intersection of Highway 60 and Highway 1072, which is marked on the map below.
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Just last week, a chemical plant in Geismar, Louisana, exploded killing two people. The
