No injuries in explosion at Texas gas facility

No injuries were reported Wednesday after what police initially described as an explosion at a liquefied natural gas terminal in Southeast Texas. Freeport LNG reported that "an incident" occurred around 11:40 a.m. at its facility in Quintana along the Texas Gulf Coast, about 70 miles south of Houston. The Surfside Beach Police Department said the facility had experienced "some sort of explosion," but no evacuation orders had been issued. All employees at the facility were accounted for, Houston-based Freeport LNG said in a statement. "There is no risk to the surrounding community. The incident investigation will continue," said the company, one of the largest U.S. exporters of liquefied natural gas.