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Residents of Hackberry in Cameron Parish, Louisiana were directed to shelter in place on Sunday afternoon when two crude oil tanks caught fire.<\/p>\n

\u201cI received the text from the Office of Emergency Preparedness,\u201d said Adley Dyson, a retired shrimper who lived in Cameron Parish for 72 years. Shelter in place is a directive given during petrochemical accidents to residents at risk of chemical exposure.<\/p>\n

There are no publicly available reports about the accident to either the state or the federal government. News reports do not identify the name of the company.\u00a0Aerial photos detail two oil tanks in north Hackberry. It is not clear who owns the oil storage tanks, which reportedly had nine feet of oil inside at the time of the fire.<\/a><\/p>\n

The accident is of particular concern given the gas industry\u2019s aggressive expansion plan for the parish. The Cameron LNG and Calcasieu Pass facilities are operational. There are plans to build an additional eight \u2013 ten such facilities in the region, with four of those planned for Cameron Parish.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy question is, what happens when those larger facilities explode?\u201d asked Mr. Dyson. \u201cI talked to a pilot of one of the tankers they ship this gas on. I asked him \u2013 how far do you have to be to be safe? He told me that if you can see it, you\u2019re too close. That means we\u2019re in danger even if we are seven or eight miles away.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lack of detail about this current accident \u2013 including the responsible party and the cause of the fire \u2013 calls into question the ability to prepare for and respond to such accidents. News reports that a lightning strike caused the fire are in keeping with the pattern of accidents during storms. Some of the largest industrial accidents in Louisiana have taken place during storms and have come from the companies\u2019 failure to prepare.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe petrochemical industry often refers to its operational failures as an act of God and blames accidents on the weather,\u201d said Anne Rolfes, Director of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade. \u201cWhat we have found time and again is that there is often an equipment failure or preparedness failure, and the accident could have been avoided. But in Louisiana, with no meaningful government oversight, the companies can get away with accidents and face no consequences. This is not a good scenario for accident management for gas export facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Venture Global\u2019s Calcasieu Pass facility has had consistent operational problems since it opened in January of 2022.\u00a0<\/a>Neighbors report flares several times a week, and the facility reports to the state have noted a serious problem with the hot oil heaters that Venture Global cannot solve.<\/p>\n

The Louisiana Bucket Brigade and Mr. Adley questioned the wisdom of building more volatile facilities in such a vulnerable location.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are storms here. We know that. How is this safe to build more?\u201d asked Mr. Dyson.<\/p>\n

Mr. Dyson has moved away from Cameron Parish because of the industrial expansion. \u201cI shrimped and I had a shrimp shop. Hurricane Laura took my shop and my boat, and I didn\u2019t want to go back into Cameron because the LNGs (liquified natural gas terminals) had changed the town so much.\u201d<\/p>\n

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