In the early morning hours of Tuesday, April 29, a devastating scaffolding collapse at the Port Arthur LNG construction site in Sabine Pass, Texas, took the lives of three workers and left two injured. The incident occurred just before 2 a.m. at the LNG facility, where hundreds of workers are on-site 24 hours a day. According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, the collapse happened on a scaffolding system near a large concrete tank. Two of the workers died at…
An Austin home exploded on Sunday, April 13, injuring at least six people and damaging 24 homes near the source of the blast. Early reports claim that the blast was heard as far away as Georgetown, and pictures of the incident scene show a plume of smoke extending into the sky above the wrecked home. Federal agencies are investigating the cause of the blast, which also downed power lines in the area and left nearby residents without power for some…