On Thursday October 15, two men died in a boat explosion in White Lake.

According to authorities the reasons for the explosion are not yet known but the U.S. Coastguard say the men were on a 30 foot deck boat which exploded when it was near a rig owned by Texas Petroleum Investment Company (TPIC) in White Lake.

Following the explosion, the search and recovery team was made up of Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Marine Division and Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries. The bodies were recovered the following day at around 3 p.m. and the victims were 32 year old Brandon Saul Taylor of Lake Charles and 21 year old John Dooley Hebert of Egan.

TPIC has a history of accidents in Louisiana with a fire in May at a platform near Breton Island in Plaquemines Parish with 28 people having to be evacuated. The company has also been fined more than $300,000 over the past five years by the Environmental Protection Agency due to several citations.

In addition they have been fined more than $7,000 over the last five years by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality for violating the regulations to do with air quality at their operations in Lafourche, Jeanerette and Plaquemines.

If you have been injured in an accident, or if you have lost a loved love in a fatal accident, the legal issues you are facing are complex, but you don’t have to face it alone. Please, call the Lafayette accident claims attorneys of Larry Curtis Law at 800-836-2064 today or contact us online right away.