Gulf fireball extinguished

Extinguished: emergency operations conclude in LPG blaze

US Coast Guard

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Luke Johnson

 19 March 2013 21:57 GMT

A fireball spewing from a ruptured pipeline off Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico has been extinguished with no current threat of reigniting, the US Coast Guard said on Tuesday.

The Coast Guard said crews had on Monday completed "purging operations of the pipeline fire" about 30 miles south of New Orleans.

"After extensive shoreline assessments and subsequent actions the unified command of the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office, Settoon Towing, Chevron and the Coast Guard have deemed there is no threat of fire or explosions at this time," the Coast Guard said in the first update on the incident since Friday.

A fire started last Tuesday evening when a Settoon-owned tug towing a barge collided with a Chevron-owned pipeline carrying liquid petroleum…

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