
An explosion at an offshore natural gas pipeline in Louisiana’s Plaquemines Parish has killed a man, the local police reported, adding fire was still burning at the site. The explosion was reported to the Plaquemines Parish police on Saturday evening with one person reported missing at the site. “For reasons still under investigation, an explosion and fire occurred while Nichols was believed to be working on the pipeline,” the police said in a Facebook post. “Nichols died as a result, and with the assistance of the Plaquemines…