DEER PARK, Texas (AP) — A pipeline explosion near Houston erupted in a towering flame over neighborhoods for hours on Monday, forcing evacuations and shelter orders and melting playground equipment as firefighters struggled to keep nearby homes from
DEER PARK, Texas — A pipeline explosion near Houston erupted in a towering flame over neighborhoods for hours on Monday, forcing evacuations and shelter orders and melting playground equipment as firefighters struggled to keep nearby homes from burning.
Local authorities would not speculate about the cause of the fire and what role a burned car near the source of the flame may have had. The pipeline's owner, Dallas-based Energy Transfer, said in a statement that it was “aware of early reports” that a car had struck some valve equipment but did not offer more details, including the origin of those reports.Firefighters were dispatched at 9:55 a.m.
Students at several public schools were told to shelter in place as law enforcement blocked off a wide area. Some evacuees gathered at nearby San Jacinto College, which closed its campus after the explosion. They included Evan Wyman, who was reunited with her dog, Baxter, after officers went into her home.
Natural gas liquids are used primarily in the manufacturing of plastics and basic and intermediate chemicals, Krishnamoorti said. “We just drove as far as we could because we didn’t know what was happening,” Sanchez said from a parked car at a gas station near his college.
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