Forest Service is polluting streams in western states in violation of federal law, but says it can keep being used to. Watch breaking news and live streaming video on . A judge has ruled that chemical retardant dropped on wildfires by the U.S. Nothing exploded, Gonzalez said, although the sheriff’s office initially responded to emergency calls saying there was an explosion.Īs of Friday evening, the fire was still burning but had died down and was contained, Gonzalez said. Stay updated on the latest news from Southeast Houston and the surrounding neighborhoods with ABC13. Shell Deer Park officials said on Twitter Friday night that they were continuing to respond to the fire, all workers were accounted for and nine workers had been released after undergoing precautionary medical evaluations. He said they were taken to a hospital due to heat exhaustion and proximity to the fire. The Houston Fire Department responded to the scene in the 2800 block of Holmes Road. HOUSTON - Heavy smoke could be seen rising from a fire on the south side of Houston on Thursday morning. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said earlier in the day that five contracted employees were hospitalized for precautionary reasons, adding that they were not burned. Six people have been injured after an explosion Friday at Shell Plc ’s chemical plant on the Houston Ship Channel, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Houston Fire Department says they received multiple reports of cars on fire on Holmes Road.
The city of Deer Park said in an advisory that there was no shelter-in-place order for residents. A complex of wildfires in central West Texas has killed a sheriffs deputy attempting to assist an elderly citizen reach safety from the blaze, the Eastland County Sheriffs Office said Friday.
at the Shell facility in Deer Park, a suburb east of Houston. HOUSTON (AP) - Fire erupted at a petrochemical plant in the Houston area Friday, sending nine workers to a hospital and causing a huge plume of smoke visible for miles.Įmergency responders were called to help around 3 p.m.
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