On Sunday evening on lake Pontchartrain, which is North of New Orleans, in the parish of Jefferson, Louisiana, drilling oil platform, which is owned by Clovelly Oil Co, thundered the explosion, says PIX11 citing local media.
As the press service of the parish of Jefferson, reports of fire in the lake began to arrive in the emergency center at about 19:15 Sunday,October 15.
As a result of the incident injured seven people, five of them were taken to hospital in critical condition. In addition, as the representative of police of the city of Kenner, Brian McGregor, another man wanted in the scene. The authorities do not exclude that victims can be more. About the victims not reported.
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According to authorities, on the platform began to burn chemical cleaning substances. There is a danger of oil leak into the lake, but officials reassure that the accident will not affect the quality of drinking water in Jefferson, because water for the population comes from Mississippi.
Assessment of water quality will address the coast guard and the service of control of the waters of lake Pontchartrain.
