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Deer Park and La Porte residents living close to the pipeline explosion were allowed to return home Wednesday, two days after the fire broke out Monday morning. When the fire first began ...
Energy Transfer is the operator of the pipeline involved in the La Porte fire, which is a 20-inch natural gas liquids pipeline. The company reports the pipeline has been isolated to allow the ...
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.
DEER PARK, Texas (AP) — A pipeline fire that burned in a Houston suburb for four days finally went out Thursday as authorities announced a criminal investigation into the blaze that had roared into a towering flame, forcing neighborhoods to evacuate and melting parts of nearby cars.
The pipeline’s owner, Dallas-based Energy Transfer, said air monitoring equipment was being set up near the plume of fire and smoke, which could be seen from at least 10 miles (16 kilometers) away at one point. A statement from Harris County Pollution Control on Monday afternoon said no volatile organic compounds had been detected.
Here are some things to know about the situation with the pipeline fire: What caused the fire? Officials say the underground pipeline, which runs under high-voltage power lines in a grassy corridor between a Walmart and a residential neighborhood in Deer Park, was damaged when the SUV driver left the store's parking lot, entered the wide grassy ...
A dramatic pipeline fire continues to light up the sky near Houston, and police say the blaze was started by a car crash. Officials with the City of La Porte Office of Emergency Management crews ...
LA PORTE, Texas (AP) — A massive pipeline fire sent a pillar of flame towering over some Houston suburbs on Monday as first responders evacuated a surrounding neighborhood and tried to keep more nearby homes from catching on fire.