GARYVILLE - Residents in parts of St. John Parish were forced to evacuate their homes Friday morning after a pillar of fire erupted from a storage tank the Marathon Petroleum refinery in Garyville.
The authorities in the US state of Louisiana on Friday ordered a mandatory evacuation for residents living near the Marathon Petroleum Garyville refinery due to fire at the facility.
Evacuations were underway Friday within 2 miles of a naphtha chemical leak and fire at a Garyville, La., Marathon petroleum refinery in St. John The Baptist Parish 40 miles west of New Orleans.
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