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Approximately $2.5 billion of liabilities for BP. The Texas City refinery explosion occurred on March 23, 2005, when a flammable hydrocarbon vapor cloud ignited and violently exploded at the isomerization process unit of the BP oil refinery in Texas City, Texas, killing 15 workers, injuring 180 others and severely damaging the refinery.
Texas City disaster. The 1947 Texas City disaster was an industrial accident that occurred on April 16, 1947, in the port of Texas City, Texas, United States, located in Galveston Bay. It was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history and one of history's largest non-nuclear explosions. The explosion was triggered by a mid-morning fire ...
Meerut. Meerut (pronunciation ⓘ; ISO: Mēraṭha) is a city in the western region of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Located in the Meerut district, the city is 80 km (80,000 m) northeast of the national capital New Delhi, and is 480 km (300 mi) west of the state capital, Lucknow. [8] Meerut is the second-most populous city in the National ...
Texas City, Texas. Texas City is a city in Galveston County, Texas, United States. Located on the southwest shoreline of Galveston Bay, Texas City is a busy deepwater port on Texas's Gulf Coast, as well as a petroleum-refining and petrochemical-manufacturing center. The population was 51,898 at the 2020 census, [3] making it the third-largest ...
August 20, 2024 at 1:09 PM. Odessa Fire Rescue responded with multiple units to an aircraft incident in the 6800 block of Alderfer Ave. in Odessa, Texas, on Tuesday. Two people were killed and ...
01:48. Four people died and 10 others were injured after a major rollover crash on U.S. Highway 287 in Wise County, Texas, Wednesday morning, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. Officials ...
September 20, 2024 at 7:09 PM. A fire damaged vehicle after three days ago it struck an above-ground valve causing a large pipeline fire, on Sept. 18, 2024, in Deer Park, Texas. A fire that ...
December 14, 1940 - A tank farm fire I Texas City killed one person, and injured 18 others. [156] May 16, 1952 - A massive tank farm fire hit a Corpus Christi terminal. [155] April 11, 1965 - A gas well blew out in Parker County, causing a massive fire. Firefighter Red Adair had to be called in to control the well, which was capped on April 17 ...