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Shell says the fire poses no threat to the local community
As of Tuesday morning, the fire caused by an exploding pipeline in a Houston suburb continued to burn itself out, according to officials.
Thick plumes of opaque black smoke billowed into the Texas sky Wednesday after a Houston-area chemical plant caught fire – forcing nearby students to evacuate and residents to shelter in place.
Station 49 opened in a former Spring Branch Volunteer Fire Department facility at Campbell at Long Point in 1956. Station 49 moved to Gessner at Westview in 1961. [48] Station 5 moved from what is now Downtown Houston to Spring Branch in 1977. [49] Station 77 opened in 1990. [50] Station 38 was last renovated during the financial year of 1995. [47]
On January 24, 2020, a building at Watson Grinding and Manufacturing in northwest Houston, Texas, United States, exploded at 4:24 a.m. [1] [2] Debris was scattered as far as one-half mile (0.8 km), [3] and approximately 200 nearby houses and businesses were damaged. [4]
Several African-American-owned newspapers are published in Houston. Allan Turner of the Houston Chronicle said that the papers "are both journalistic throwbacks — papers whose content directly reflects their owners' views — and cutting-edge, hyper-local publications targeting the concerns of the city's roughly half-million African-Americans."
LA PORTE, Texas (AP) - Firefighters were battling a pipeline fire in suburban Houston that sparked grass fires and burned power poles on Monday, forcing people in the surrounding neighborhood to ...
They were previously located at the City of Houston Fire Department Logistical Center & Maintenance Depot. [6] The Houston Fire Department got its start in 1838 with one station known as Protection Company No. 1. [1] By 1859, the volunteer department had grown to three stations. After 57 years of service, Houston converted the department over ...