{"id":2012726,"date":"2023-08-26T03:22:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T07:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fire-at-louisiana-oil-refinery-sends-tower-of-black-smoke-into-the-air-but-no-injuries-reported\/"},"modified":"2023-08-26T03:24:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T07:24:34","slug":"fire-at-louisiana-oil-refinery-sends-tower-of-black-smoke-into-the-air-but-no-injuries-reported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fire-at-louisiana-oil-refinery-sends-tower-of-black-smoke-into-the-air-but-no-injuries-reported\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana oil refinery fire causes no injuries, emits black smoke tower."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffire-at-louisiana-oil-refinery-sends-tower-of-black-smoke-into-the-air-but-no-injuries-reported%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2012726&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>GARYVILLE, La.\u2014Residents Evacuated as\u200d Fire Breaks Out at Louisiana \u200cRefinery<\/h2>\n<p>Residents within two miles of a south Louisiana refinery were ordered to evacuate Friday after a fire \u2063broke out, sending \u2063a tower of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lockdowns-fail-as-solomon-islands-descend-into-anti-china-riots-australia-deploying-forces-reports\/\" title=\"Lockdowns Fail As Solomon Islands Descend Into \u2018Anti-China Riots,\u2019 Australia Deploying Forces: Reports\">thick black smoke<\/a> \u2064into the sky.<\/p>\n<p>No injuries were reported and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-air-force-base-goes-under-lockdown-after-reports-of-shots-fired\/\" title=\"Texas air force base goes under lockdown after reports of shots fired\">emergency responders<\/a>\u200b said\u200b the fire was contained to the sprawling Marathon Petroleum facility in Garyville, \u2064about\u2062 30 miles northwest of\u200b New Orleans. Air quality monitoring was also taking\u200d place, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Photos from above showed <strong>orange flames leaping into the air\u200d beneath the\u200c dark cloud \u2063of smoke<\/strong> as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fire-at-louisiana-oil-refinery-sends-tower-of-black-smoke-into-the-air-but-no-injuries-reported\/\" title=\"Louisiana oil refinery fire causes no injuries, emits black smoke tower.\">emergency crews sprayed long arcs<\/a> of water onto the inferno. The fire \u2063was burning in \u200da section\u2063 of the refinery surrounded by wide cylindrical storage tanks, and at least \u2064one \u2063tank appeared to be destroyed.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/10-damaged-homes-remain-uninhabitable-a-week-after-pennsylvania-explosion-that-killed-6-post-5477931\">10 Damaged Homes Remain Uninhabitable,\u2062 a Week \u200cAfter Pennsylvania Explosion That Killed 6<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/22\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/denver-house-explodes-and-partially-collapses-hospitalizing-one-5460320\">Denver House Explodes and Partially Collapses, \u2064Hospitalizing \u2063One<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/12\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>St. \u200cJohn the Baptist Parish President Jaclyn Hotard said\u200b she had ordered\u200d the mandatory evacuation of\u200d those living near the \u200crefinery as a precaution \u201ceven though we have been assured \u2063that all impacts are contained to the facility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just want to make sure that our residents are \u200bsafe,\u201d Ms. Hotard said during a news\u2063 conference. \u201cIt&#8217;s alarming to\u2062 see what&#8217;s \u200bgoing on. I understand residents&#8217; concerns. It&#8217;s a little scary. We\u200d recommend you \u2064take the evacuation seriously in case there are impacts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to \u200cthe company, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/political-uncertainty-energy-firm-abandons-oregon-pipeline-project-after-years-of-environmentalist-pushback\/\" title=\"\u2018Political Uncertainty\u2019: Energy Firm Abandons Oregon Pipeline Project After Years Of Environmentalist Pushback\">storage tank<\/a> at the facility released \u2064naphtha\u2014a partially refined product used \u2063as feedstock to make gasoline\u2014and a fire ignited shortly before 7 a.m. Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re doing everything possible to get the fire out,\u201d company spokesperson Justin Lawrence told reporters. He could not \u200dprovide a timeline as \u200dto when the fire might be extinguished.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation will\u200c be conducted to determine what caused\u2063 the leak and subsequent fire, \u200dofficials said in a news release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Garyville, La.\u2014A fire at a south Louisiana refinery prompted the evacuation of residents within a two-mile radius. The fire, contained to the Marathon Petroleum facility in Garyville, caused a tower of dense black smoke. Fortunately, no injuries were reported. Emergency responders swiftly handled the situation in the town located 30 miles northwest of New Orleans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2012727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2012726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2012727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}