Thousands Evacuated After Toxic Leak and Massive Fire at Louisiana Oil Refinery

A mandatory evacuation was ordered for thousands of people living within a two-mile radius of a Marathon Petroleum refinery in Louisiana’s so-called “Cancer Alley” after a chemical leak and massive fire broke out at a storage tank there on Friday. The temporary evacuation order, which Marathon Petroleum called “precautionary,” followed a leak of naphtha — a hazardous and highly flammable liquid…

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