A fire at a chemical plant in rural Texas sent a massive plume of black smoke

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Texas Officials Issue Shelter-In-Place Order After Chemical Plant Explosion That Injured Worker​


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SHEPHERD, TEXAS (AP) — A massive fire at a chemical plant in rural Texas on Wednesday sent a plume of black smoke into the sky as officials closed down a local highway and ordered residents to take shelter.

Authorities issued the shelter-in-place order for residents within a one-mile radius of a chemical plant fire in Shepherd on Wednesday. Shepherd is a mainly rural area about 60 miles (100 kilometers) northeast of Houston.

Officials in San Jacinto County said the explosion took place at Sound Resource Solutions, a company that recycles and repackages various chemicals.

San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers said that officials began receiving calls shortly after 8 a.m. about an explosion at the company’s facility.

Officials did not immediately provide any information on a possible cause of the explosion, or how they planned to put it out.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...in-place-order-after-chemical-plant-explosion
 

hawkdon said:
There is always chemical plants on fire in texas, or it seems
that way!!!
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Yeah, I don't know if it's just that TX has more of these plants, but I guess if anything is going to blow up, it will likely be a chemical plant (or an old house powered by old gas lines).

I worried at first it might have been a terror attack but soon realized it is often the nature of chemicals to explode.

It just saddens me to no end, that a life was lost and the deadly pollution is on it's way across the nation. :cry:
 

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