Blast kills 1, injures others at VT Halter Marine

Associated Press - November 20, 2009 7:14 PM ET

MOSS POINT, Miss. (AP) - Officials say at least one person was killed Friday in an explosion at the VT Halter Marine shipyard in the Mississippi coastal city of Moss Point.

The Sun Herald reports that Bennie French with Acadian Ambulance Service confirmed one person died and three injured people were taken by ambulance to Singing River Hospital in Pascagoula.

French says another person with critical injuries was taken by helicopter to the University of South Alabama Medical Center in Mobile.

WLOX-TV reports the explosion occurred about 4 p.m. Friday and the cause was not immediately known.

VT Halter Marine's corporate office is in Pascagoula, and its shipbuilding operation is in nearby Moss Point.