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The board convened in September of that year in Houston, in part because the Houston area had been home to large-scale disasters like the one in 1990. [22] Since then, the next biggest industrial disaster to occur in the Greater Houston area was the 2005 Texas City refinery explosion , [ 23 ] which killed 15 people and injured 180.
Historic treatment of rail ties in the Houston, Texas Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens neighborhoods has exposed residents to cancer-causing soil contamination. [1] Creosote and its extenders were used in wood preservation processes at a nearby rail yard and have been identified as carcinogens that are hazardous to human health.
Due to the likelihood of a fire from the decomposing organic peroxides, emergency personnel established a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) evacuation zone around the plant, and evacuated approximately 205 residents from this area. Notably, this evacuation area included U.S. Highway 90, one of the few major roads that remained not impacted by flooding. [3]
Firefighting water was brought in by hoses laid to remote sources: settling ponds, a cooling tower, a water main at a neighboring plant, and even the Houston Ship Channel. The fire was brought under control within about 10 hours as a result of the combined efforts of fire brigades from other nearby companies, local fire departments, and the ...
As Beryl passes through Texas, heavy rainfall is posing dangerous conditions in the Houston area and coast. Bayou floods have prompted rescues. Houston bayou level rises 25 feet as Beryl brings ...
Houston (/ ˈ h juː s t ən / ⓘ HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the Southern United States.Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat of Harris County; as well as the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second ...
[28]: 118 Another 10 people died during the evacuations of chronic health facilities. [14] At around 6:00 a.m. on September 23, a motorcoach evacuating 44 residents and staff from a nursing home Bellaire, Texas, caught fire on Interstate 45 near Wilmer, Texas, en route for Dallas.
The inclement weather caused many fire hydrants to be unusable in emergency situations. In one case, firefighters near the San Antonio area had to rely on water tenders to deliver between 2,000 and 3,000 gallons of water to the scene of a fire as the hydrant was unusable. [81] Plumbing in buildings throughout the state burst due to freezing.