Houston Skies May Darken Again as Tank Farm Disaster-Site Teardown Begins June 20, 2019 By Rachel Adams-Heard and Joe Carroll The company behind the four-day chemical blaze that cast a black plume over Houston earlier this year is preparing to...
Costs Add Up for Texas Fuels Storage Operator After Fire, Chemical Spill April 16, 2019 The costs of a massive fire and chemical spill at a Houston petrochemical facility in March have begun trickling out,...
Chemical Plant Fires Renew Safety Debate in Oil-Friendly Texas April 7, 2019 By Paul J. Weber Two major chemical plant fires near Houston just 17 days apart closed schools, leaked toxic chemicals into coastal waters and...
U.S. Investigators to Begin Search for Cause of Texas Petrochemical Disaster April 2, 2019 By Collin Eaton and Erwin Seba U.S. investigators hope this week for the first time to enter the site of a massive fuel fire and chemical...
Houston-Area Chemical Disaster Zone Remains No-Go Zone 2 Weeks After Blaze April 1, 2019 By Joe Carroll and Kevin Crowley Two weeks after a chemical storage complex near Houston erupted in flames and menaced tens of thousands of people with...
Storage Tank Owner Sued by State, County Over Texas Petrochemical Fire March 28, 2019 By Erwin Seba and Collin Eaton Texas officials on Tuesday sued owners of a Houston area petrochemical storage facility over a fire last week, alleging violations...
Hundreds File Claims Against Company in Wake of Texas Petrochemical Fire March 28, 2019 A Houston-area petrochemical storage company that was heavily damaged by fire has received hundreds of compensation claims from residents seeking...
Environmental, Economic Damage a Concern Following Texas Petrochemical Fire March 27, 2019 By Juan A. Lozano Businesses and residents expressed concern on March 25 about the environmental and economic fallout from a fire at a Houston-area...
Shipping Resumes in Houston Channel Closed After Chemical Tank Fire March 26, 2019 By Joe Carroll, Ben Foldy and Kevin Crowley The U.S. Gulf Coast’s most important industrial waterway partially reopened on Monday after it was polluted with cancer-causing benzene and...
Houston-Area Chemical Blaze Intensifies After Loss of Water Pressure March 19, 2019 By Jack Kaskey, Simon Casey and Kevin Crowley A fire at a petrochemical storage facility that’s covered Houston in a thick pall of smoke for the past two...