/tags/chemical-fire Chemical Fire en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 06 Aug 2020 21:37:00 GMT /energy-environment/2020-08-06/chemical-in-beirut-explosion-was-also-linked-to-two-texas-disasters For some, Tuesday’s deadly explosion in Beirut, which officials say was caused by thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate, was a grim reminder of a 2013� Thu, 06 Aug 2020 21:37:00 GMT /energy-environment/2020-08-06/chemical-in-beirut-explosion-was-also-linked-to-two-texas-disasters Katie Watkins | Houston Public Media /energy-environment/2019-12-05/county-calls-for-evacuation-of-port-neches-a-week-after-plant-explosion Officials in Jefferson County are telling the city's residents to evacuate amid air quality concerns a week after two explosions and a fire at a chemical� Thu, 05 Dec 2019 17:46:40 GMT /energy-environment/2019-12-05/county-calls-for-evacuation-of-port-neches-a-week-after-plant-explosion Matthew Watkins | Texas Tribune /energy-environment/2019-11-29/evacuation-order-lifted-after-port-neches-chemical-plant-fire-declared-contained Officials lifted evacuation orders Friday for around 50,000 people on the Texas Gulf Coast, determining a massive fire was finally under control at a� Fri, 29 Nov 2019 19:24:31 GMT /energy-environment/2019-11-29/evacuation-order-lifted-after-port-neches-chemical-plant-fire-declared-contained Paul J. Weber | The Associated Press /energy-environment/2019-11-28/port-neches-plant-rocked-by-multiple-explosions-was-declared-high-priority-violator-by-epa The Port Neches chemical plant where two explosions and an ongoing fire prompted widespread mandatory evacuations Wednesday has a years-long history of� Thu, 28 Nov 2019 19:24:02 GMT /energy-environment/2019-11-28/port-neches-plant-rocked-by-multiple-explosions-was-declared-high-priority-violator-by-epa Kiah Collier /energy-environment/2019-11-27/officials-say-theres-no-clear-end-yet-to-fire-at-chemical-plant-in-southeast-texas Officials say they have no estimate for how much time is needed to bring under control a Texas chemical plant fire ignited by a series of explosions.At a� Wed, 27 Nov 2019 18:20:35 GMT /energy-environment/2019-11-27/officials-say-theres-no-clear-end-yet-to-fire-at-chemical-plant-in-southeast-texas The Associated Press /energy-environment/2019-07-22/cleanup-continues-four-months-after-petrochemical-fire-outside-houston The cleanup of millions of gallons of waste and polluted water is far from over four months after a large fire burned for days at a Houston-area� Mon, 22 Jul 2019 23:22:39 GMT /energy-environment/2019-07-22/cleanup-continues-four-months-after-petrochemical-fire-outside-houston The Associated Press /energy-environment/2019-04-05/3-proposals-to-help-avoid-the-next-deer-park-chemical-plant-fire Lawmakers wrapped up two days of hearings Friday on a fire last month at a chemical storage facility in Deer Park. The fire at the plant owned by� Fri, 05 Apr 2019 22:34:12 GMT /energy-environment/2019-04-05/3-proposals-to-help-avoid-the-next-deer-park-chemical-plant-fire Mose Buchele /texas/2019-04-03/after-the-second-fire-in-a-month-residents-near-houston-chemical-plants-want-more-government-action From Texas Standard:For the second time in a month, a fire broke out this week at a petrochemical plant near Houston. This time, it was at the KMCO plant� Wed, 03 Apr 2019 18:13:36 GMT /texas/2019-04-03/after-the-second-fire-in-a-month-residents-near-houston-chemical-plants-want-more-government-action Jill Ament /texas/2019-04-02/worker-killed-in-second-chemical-fire-in-texas-in-less-than-a-month A tank holding a flammable chemical caught fire at a Texas plant Tuesday, killing one worker, critically injuring two others and sending employees fleeing� Tue, 02 Apr 2019 19:13:31 GMT /texas/2019-04-02/worker-killed-in-second-chemical-fire-in-texas-in-less-than-a-month Juan A. Lozano