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The Terrebonne Parish coroner's office says a fourth man has died of injuries from an explosion at the Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Co. facility in Gibson.

By now, you've probably seen footage of that horrific explosion in Tianjin, China on Wednesday.

The investigation continues into an explosion that claimed the life of one worker and injured three more.

At approximately 11:00AM Sunday morning the St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office received a 911 call concerning an explosion and fire behind Southside Park in St. Martinville. It was reported that someone was burning scrap material when the explosion occurred...

He said several people were wounded in the explosion.

The jail got extensive flooding during this week's heavy rains, but there's no word on the cause of the blast.

Area residents had complained of gas odors in the weeks before the blast.

Two executives of the factory have been detained.

St. James Parish sheriff's deputies say they're investigating reports of an explosion at the Nucor iron plant near Convent.

The explosion at CF Industries in Donaldsonville killed one person and injured several others, according to Ascension Parish Sheriff Jeff Wiley.

The next few days will be critical for the serious burn victims.

A huge explosion in Intracoastal City this morning, caused by the blowout of a natural gas pipeline, briefly closed Highway 333 in south Vermilion Parish.

Police and fire crews had responded earlier this afternoon to an explosion at the CDM Max gas plant on Fournerat Road in Eunice.

A one-year-old child is suffering severe burns following an explosion. Deputies in Iberia Parish say a small container exploded near the area where she was playing.

The re-entry phase for residents in New Iberia who were forced to evacuate their homes after the explosion and fire at the Multi-chem plant has been underway since this morning according to Louisiana State Police.

State Police say the fire at Multi-Chem is under control and hazmat crews are spraying hot spots. Trooper Stephen Hammons says after all the fire is out, investigators can go into the plant to begin searching for its cause. He says the one-mile evacuation zone will remain through the night.

There's still no word on what chemicals were involved in a late afternoon explosion and fire at the Multi-Chem plant in New Iberia.

A deputy with the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office says there has been a major explosion at Multi Chem, a business on Admiral Doyle near the Acadiana Regional Airport.

The families of the eleven men killed almost a year ago in the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf say their loved ones are all but forgotten except by their families.