4 People Missing After Pipeline Explosion at Port in Texas

4 People Missing After Pipeline Explosion at Port in Texas
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The Associated Press
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas—A dredging vessel at a Texas port hit a natural gas pipeline Friday, sparking an explosion that sent six people to the hospital and left four others missing, authorities said.

The U.S. Coast Guard said the four missing people are crew members on the dredging vessel Waymon L Boyd. The explosion happened at about 8 a.m. in the Port of Corpus Christi.