The Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating a deadly explosion that occurred on railroad tracks located near the 26500 block of East Hardy Road in Harris County, Texas. On November 5, 2022, at approximately 8:00 a.m., a Union Pacific employee working on a railroad line was killed in a gas explosion, according to officials…
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In 2019, a group of massive tanks caught fire at a chemical storage facility that was owned by Intercontinental Terminals Company in Deer Park, a city in Harris County, Texas. Some of these tanks contained highly flammable chemicals—the fire caused the tanks to collapse, and chemicals went gushing into the ship channels nearby. Not only…
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In Texas, there are generally few circumstances in which an aggrieved homeowner may sue their natural gas provider for ordinary negligence for a home explosion or fire caused by a natural gas leak. For each natural gas provider in the State, the circumstances are limited and specifically identified in each provider’s tariff, a document the…
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Three crew members working on an oil rig in Mountrail County North Dakota were injured on Friday, September 3, 2022. Late on Friday evening, a highland oil drilling rig experienced a large and catastrophic explosion. Reports state that residents of the nearby town of Ross, North Dakota witnessed the explosion from miles away. Three workers…
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As recently reported in the Houston Chronicle, from indoor dining to international flights, industries battered by the Covid pandemic are inching back toward normalcy, but perhaps none has turned a corner quite as clearly as the oil refining industry. There are many examples of energy companies that have shown great improvement in production and profits…
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At least 6 were injured in an explosion at Westlake Chemical Plant that shook Westlake, Louisiana on the morning of January 26, 2022. The incident occurred around 10:45 a.m. at Westlake Chemical’s south plant after an empty Ethylene Dichloride tank exploded. Authorities are still investigating the cause of the explosion at the chemical manufacturing plant….
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On January 26, 2022, an explosion rocked the Westlake Chemical south plant as well as the surrounding community of Sulphur, Louisiana. A large plume of thick black smoke could be seen billowing out of the facility after an ethylene dichloride tank exploded at around 10:45 AM. Ethylene dichloride is a chemical used in fuel, plastics,…
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On the morning of January 26, 2022, Louisiana State Police confirmed an explosion at a Westlake Chemical Corporation facility in Westlake, Louisiana located between I-10 and I-210 on PPG Drive, just about 4 miles west of Lake Charles. Initial reports are that at least six people were injured, including five workers who have been hospitalized….
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