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Explosive gas found under house slabs near sinkhole

BAYOU CORNE, La. (AP) — Explosive concentrations of gas have been found in soil underneath two homes and a shed in the Bayou Corne community near a large sinkhole in Assumption Parish, officials said.

Workers with Texas Brine Co. contractor Tetra Tech drilled small holes through the slabs and collected the gas Tuesday through a quarter-inch tube from the top one to two inches of soil underneath.

Parish officials said that the gas appears to be of a sufficiently low pressure so as not to migrate through the slabs to pose an explosive risk inside structures.

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