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April 24, 2013 at 9:39 PM, updated April 24, 2013 at 11:17 PM
MOBILE, Alabama -- Darrell Anderson was walking to the convenience store downtown this evening when he felt the earth shake and saw the sky light up.
He rushed in the direction of the explosion, the Mobile River, about four blocks away. When he got there, he found a barge on the Mobile River engulfed in flames. He pulled out his cell phone and started filming.
A few minutes later, as rescue boats were surrounding the burning barge, a second explosion shook the riverfront and sent Anderson and the small crowd of bystanders running.
The second explosion didn't sink the barge or the vessels that had come to its aid, but the three to four rescue boats kept their distance until the flames died down, Anderson said.
"I've never seen anything like that before in my life," he said.
Anderson did not have his phone set up to share video, so the footage below is actually a video of his video.
Anybody else catch the barge explosion on video or in a pic? Upload video here and pics here.
MOBILE, Alabama -- Darrell Anderson was walking to the convenience store downtown this evening when he felt the earth shake and saw the sky light up.
He rushed in the direction of the explosion, the Mobile River, about four blocks away. When he got there, he found a barge on the Mobile River engulfed in flames. He pulled out his cell phone and started filming.
A few minutes later, as rescue boats were surrounding the burning barge, a second explosion shook the riverfront and sent Anderson and the small crowd of bystanders running.
The second explosion didn't sink the barge or the vessels that had come to its aid, but the three to four rescue boats kept their distance until the flames died down, Anderson said.
"I've never seen anything like that before in my life," he said.
Anderson did not have his phone set up to share video, so the footage below is actually a video of his video.
Anybody else catch the barge explosion on video or in a pic? Upload video here and pics here.
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