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Chemical Plant Fire

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DEER PARK, Texas (KTRK) -- It could take two days for a fire at the Intercontinental Terminals Company Deer Park facility to burn out, company officials said during a press conference Monday morning.

The flames spread overnight. Seven tanks are affected. Earlier in the morning, officials said the fire involved eight tanks, however, one of them was emptied beforehand.

La Porte ISD has canceled classes for March 18 out of an abundance of caution as a result of the fire.

Company officials say the first tank that caught fire contains NAPHTHA, a component in gasoline. The fire then spread to a second tank containing XYLENE, another gasoline component. Another tank that caught fire contains Toluene, which is used in nail polish remover, glue and paint thinner, plant officials told Eyewitness News.

The chemicals are flammable and can kill you if swallowed or if they enter the airway.

The facility says that the chemicals in the other tanks contain gas blend stocks used in the production of finished gasoline and base oil commonly used as machine lubricants.

https://abc13.com/fire-at-itc-deer-p...n-out/5202297/

From the Houston Med Center, 30 miles away
https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...fe&oe=5D0DD78E

Better living through CHEMISTRY!!!!:dance::issues:

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Originally Posted by C5SilverBullet (Post 1662050)

https://abc13.com/fire-at-itc-deer-p...n-out/5202297/

Nice stuff, worked with all of them!

I worked a lot of maintenance at various chemical plants over the years, there are plenty worse chemicals than these, but their bad enough!

That fire has nothing on cow farts. Next please...:leaving:

Still burning this morning.

We're taking a break from spools rolling loose on our freeways, trying something different. Houston....a diverse town!

Musical interlude:

We all came out to Deer Park

On Buffalo Bayou shoreline

To make smoke with a chem tank

We didn't have much time

Pasadena and Deer Park

Were at the best place around

But some flange with a big leak

Burned the place to the ground

Smoke on the bayou, a fire in the plant

Smoke on the water

They burned down the naptha tank

It died with an awful sound

Plant spokeswoman was running in and out

Pulling facts out the ass

When it all was over

We had to find another plant

But Swiss time was running out

It seemed that we would lose the race

Smoke on the bayou, a fire in the plant

A few pics from my morning commute.

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Originally Posted by Stangkiller (Post 1662150)

A few pics from my morning commute.

Whoa. And they are saying that isn’t harmful to be breathing. Yeah...right. You and the family ok?

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Originally Posted by vtelvr (Post 1662265)

Whoa. And they are saying that isn’t harmful to be breathing. Yeah...right. You and the family ok?

All good here the smoke so far has stayed north and above us. Thanks!

I could never live there.

The initial thought they had, it’s just 2 tanks, we’re going to let itself burn out. 8 tanks later...idiots.

Reports this morning say they’ve extinguished the fire!

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Originally Posted by Stangkiller (Post 1662331)

Reports this morning say they’ve extinguished the fire!

Glance at a pix on TV news this AM, looked like ~6 tanks, and no open flames seen......even the damned get lucky once in a blue moon, had another ~2 dozen to go.....:dance::issues:

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Originally Posted by Stangkiller (Post 1662331)

Reports this morning say they’ve extinguished the fire!

Fantastic news!

EPA claims air and water show no contamination...

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Originally Posted by C5SilverBullet (Post 1662385)

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...28&oe=5D4AF688

First photo reminds me of the Heaven Hill distillery fire, only ethanol burning at that one, very tasty ethanol

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Originally Posted by Black94lt1 (Post 1662404)

First photo reminds me of the Heaven Hill distillery fire, only ethanol burning at that one, very tasty ethanol

That was a shame, because Heaven Hill makes some tasty products. Now, if that had been Jim Beam's rack houses that burned, it would have been no big deal. :shrug: