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Port of LA ship gas leak cause still unknown
KABC) ^ | Saturday, May 19, 2012

Posted on 05/19/2012 4:43:21 PM PDT by BenLurkin

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Firefighters are still trying to figure out what caused a gas leak that prompted a ship to be evacuated at the Port of Los Angeles.

The incident began Friday afternoon in the 700 block of East New Dock Street at Henry Ford Avenue. Fire officials said an unknown gas was leaking from a large container in the cargo ship.

Fire crews unloaded several containers one by one before stopping the spill. Officials still don't know what kind of gas was leaking. The ship was leaving Los Angeles when the leak was reported. Officials have not said what kind of cargo the ship is carrying.

(Excerpt) Read more at abclocal.go.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: California
KEYWORDS: gasleak; losangeles; port; ship
The authorities report that they don't know what the ship was carrying, what it was that was leaking, how it started, how it stopped, or why it happened ...but nobody seems too concerned.
1 posted on 05/19/2012 4:43:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Were they serving burritos on the ship?


2 posted on 05/19/2012 4:46:35 PM PDT by mkmensinger
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To: BenLurkin

My guess is the most dangerous gas on the planet - carbon dioxide.


3 posted on 05/19/2012 4:46:52 PM PDT by elkfersupper ( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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To: BenLurkin

??
Is there no manifest? How could they really not know what kind of gas it was? Who were they hauling it for, couldn’t they say what kind it was?

weird.


4 posted on 05/19/2012 5:00:19 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: GeronL

I’m thinking maybe it’s just bad reporting?


5 posted on 05/19/2012 5:08:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: BenLurkin

Or it could be deliberate silence, in case terrorists tried to sneak something almost dangerous in to see if they could just ship gas weapons here.


6 posted on 05/19/2012 5:32:57 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: BenLurkin

Let me guess. The leak was caused by a hole in the gas container?


7 posted on 05/19/2012 5:40:26 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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