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Shortly after 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 31, 2019, an explosion ripped through a processing unit at the Baytown Olefins Plant, an ExxonMobil oil refinery. The Olefins Plant explosion resulted in a large fire in the unit, the blaze contained by firefighters but still burning on Thursday. A large and growing smoke plume arose from the explosion site, drifted across the city of Baytown. The smoke plume potentially contains harmful toxins because the Baytown refinery processes light hydrocarbons, including propylene…

Baytown ExxonMobil Chemical Plant Hit by Explosion, Fire A fire at the ExxonMobil Olefins Plant in Baytown, Texas, has led to an evacuation of workers from the facility and a “precautionary shelter-in-place” order affecting areas adjacent to the facility.  The fire, which appears to involve a single “tower” at the plant, is producing a cloud of thick black smoke that is being dispersed by light winds after rising several hundred feet into the air. According to local emergency responders, the…

An explosion was reported at Exxon’s Baytown chemical plant this morning. According to the City of Baytown, the fire started in a unit that stores polypropylene. Exxon has mobilized their emergency response teams which advised a shelter-in-place be issued west of the plant and south of Highway 330. Multiple plumes of thick black smoke can be seen rising from the Exxon chemical plant. First responders are continuing to battle the chemical fire. There have not been any reported injuries. The…

Massive Florida Gas Pipeline Explosion Injures 23 Turns Section of Shopping Center to Rubble A massive explosion, attributed to a gas pipeline rupture, resulted in a large section of a shopping center in Plantation, Florida, being reduced to rubble. At least 20 people were injured in the blast, two very seriously. The Fountains Plaza Mall, the site of the explosion, is located just outside of Ft. Lauderdale. Witnesses at the Scene of the Gas Line Explosion Shoppers were enjoying an…

Florida Shopping Center Explosion Injures Twenty An explosion has heavily damaged a shopping center in Plantation, Florida. According to early reports from the scene, no fatalities have been mentioned. These same reports state that as many as 20 people have been injured but the extent of those injuries is unknown at this time. Plantation is a suburb of Ft. Lauderdale and lies immediately to the west in Broward County. The explosion, which ripped through The Fountains shopping center, occurred in…