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A pipeline explosion in La Porte, Texas caused a massive flame to shoot hundreds of feet into the air, leading to evacuations in the area.
The fire occurred at a valve station on a 20-inch (50.8-cm) pipeline used to carry NGLs, according to Energy Transfer. ... (NGL) pipeline owned by Energy Transfer caught fire in La Porte, Texas ...
A pipeline burst in La Porte, Texas Monday. This is the view of the massive fire erupting from the ground. ... ‼️Breaking: A Chemical Plant explosion has happened in La Porte‼️👇 pic ...
Firefighters were dispatched at 9:55 a.m. after an explosion that rattled adjacent homes and businesses in Deer Park and La Porte, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) southeast of downtown Houston, long the energy capital of the U.S. The plume of smoke could be seen from at least 10 miles away.
The pipeline is a 20-inch-wide (50-centimeter-wide) conduit that runs for miles through the Houston area. It carries natural gas liquids through Deer Park and La Porte, both of which are southeast of Houston. Authorities evacuated nearly 1,000 homes at one point and ordered people in nearby schools to shelter in place. Officials began letting ...
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 ...
September 16 – A vehicle drove into an Energy Transfer 20 inch pipeline carrying natural gas liquids exploded in Deer Park, Texas at 9:55 AM, sending flames hundreds of feet into the air and causing a fire that spread to La Porte, Texas. Roads around the fire were closed and nearby San Jacinto College went under a shelter-in-place.
July 3 – A jury found Texas-New Mexico Pipeline (TNMP) Company guilty of fraud, gross negligence and willful misconduct in concealing a 1992 crude oil pipeline leak beneath a Midland, Texas, residential subdivision, before selling the pipeline to EOTT Energy in 1999. Oil was discovered in the water table in late 2000, and in March 2001 a ...