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Map of area affected by the explosion Site plan The incident started at approximately 1:05 PM local time on October 23, 1989, at 1400 Jefferson Road, Pasadena, Texas . A powerful and devastating explosion and fire ripped through the HCC, killing 23 people—all working at the facility—and injuring 314 others (185 Phillips Petroleum Company ...
The 2017 Arkema plant explosion was an industrial disaster that took place during Hurricane Harvey in Crosby, Texas. Flooding from the hurricane disabled the refrigeration system at the plant which manufactured organic peroxides. The unrefrigerated organic peroxides decomposed and self-ignited. [1] [2] Burned containers at the Arkema site
February 21, 1978 - An explosion & fire at a Rialto pipeline tank farm injured a passerby. [13] February 9, 1980 - A tank farm fire in Kern County. [14] April 10, 1989 – An explosion and fire occurred in a cracking column at the Chevron Richmond refinery. A total of 8 workers and firefighters were injured.
The Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas Panhandle has grown to be the state's second-largest since it began Monday. ... Texas fires map: Track wildfires as Smokehouse Creek blaze engulfs 500,000 acres.
The Panhandle wildfires continue to rage.The Smokehouse Creek Fire became the largest in state history, topping the 2006 Amarillo East Complex fires that claimed 12 lives and burned more than ...
Since 1950, there have been more than 9,700 tornadoes in Texas, killing hundreds and leaving behind billions of dollars worth of damage. ... Interactive map shows tornadoes in Texas since 1950.
The explosion was caused by corrosion so aggressive that it is challenging industry models for how quickly a small anomaly can grow. [7] On November 2, 2003, a Texas Eastern Transmission Pipeline natural gas pipeline exploded in Bath County, Kentucky, about 1.5 km south of a Duke Energy pumping station. A fire burned for about an hour before ...
Our map of the Texas wildfires’ size compares it to other places. The fires cover nearly the area of Delaware, and the most massive blaze is larger than Rhode Island. Map: See how the largest ...