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| Breaking: Explosions rock hurricane-hit city |
| 2005-09-02 |
| Massive explosions have rocked part of New Orleans, where recovery efforts are continuing after the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Katrina. At about 4.35am local time a series of explosions were reported along the riverfront a few miles south of the city's French Quarter. The cause of the blasts, and the extent of any possible damage, was not immediately known. UPDATE: An explosion at a chemical depot jolted residents awake early Friday, illuminating the pre-dawn sky with red and orange flames over a city awash in corpses and under siege from looters. There were no immediate reports of injuries. Vibrations from the blast along the Mississippi River and a few miles east of the French Quarter were felt all the way downtown. A series of smaller blasts followed and then a cyclone of acrid, black smoke. |
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