YELVERTON, Judge.
In the early morning hours of March 9, 1985, a corroded and weakened six inch depropanizer gas line of Continental Oil Company (Conoco) in Westlake, Louisiana, burst, and within seconds an explosion occurred which was felt two to four miles from the plant, knocking out electrical power to the area, and extensively damaging the mechanical shop and two cooling towers in the plant.
One mile west of the center of the blast Diane Prince was at...
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