BAYTOWN – In what has become a common occurrence this year for Houston-area residents, black smoke was seen billowing from an Exxon Mobil plant in Baytown yesterday, the result of an explosion at one of the largest refining and petrochemical complexes in the world. In total, 66 people were examined at a health clinic, some…
For the second time in three weeks, a chemical plant fire has caused a health scare for Houston-area residents. Tragically, one person was killed at the KMCO plant in Crosby, and another two were critically injured when a transfer line ignited an isobutylene tank at the facility. Although the fire has been contained as of…
The massive petrochemical fire that began on Sunday has been extinguished, but officials are now focusing on the potential environmental and health impacts from the blaze, which occurred along the Houston Ship Channel in Deer Park, Texas. The fire sent black smoke billowing into the air for several days, which contained fuels used in plastics…
Author/editor code: A massive explosion at a Didion corn milling plant in Cambria, Wisconsin, has claimed the life of a fourth worker who survived the initial blast on June 1 but later succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment in a hospital, news outlets reported earlier this week. The bodies of three workers were pulled…
Wednesday night a fertilizer plant in the small town of West, Texas caught fire and exploded. The damage from the blast is astounding, leveling numerous blocks of homes and buildings near the plant. The intensity of the blast resulted from the fact that fertilizer is highly explosive under certain conditions and unfortunately those conditions were met Wednesday…
On Saturday, February 9, a fatal explosion occurred at the Air Liquide plant in La Porte. Neighbors were startled by the blast around 7:40 a.m. and saw smoke billowing from the plant. The explosion killed a 30 year old chemist at the plant and sent another employee to the hospital in critical condition. While the…
An explosion occurred in Conroe at a propane facility owned by AmeriGas, one of the largest gas companies in the country, at around 12 p.m. on November 6, 2012. The explosion sent a number of people to area hospitals, some of whom had to be taken by helicopter. Unfortunate situations such as this should serve…
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