Chevron Oil Refinery Pascagoula; Pascagoula, Mississippi

Pascagoula, Mississippi | 1986-Aug-01

Initial Notification: Barge TTT-103 was loading gasoline and no. 2 diesel at the Chevron Refinery delivery pier at Pascagoula, Mississippi when an explosion occurred at about 2300 on July 31, 1986. The barge and delivery pier were subsequently involved in a major fire. Local response units, the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO), Mobile, and the Coast Guard Gulf Strike Team responded to the incident. USCG district 8.