A massive fire at a chemical plant in rural Texas on Wednesday sent a plume of black smoke into the sky as officials closed down a local highway and ordered residents to take shelter for several hours.
Smoke fills the sky from a chemical plant fire in Shepherd, Texas on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2023. Authorities issued a shelter in place order for the Texas residents within a one-mile radius of the chemical plant fire Wednesday.
The fire was contained by Wednesday afternoon, said San Jacinto County Emergency Management coordinator Emmitt Eldridge. Fire crews had worked with two ladder trucks to put out the fire with foam. Local authorities told residents to shelter in place and to shut off their HVAC air conditioning systems. Those warnings were lifted hours later.
Capers said 19 of the 37 employees who work for Sound Resource Solutions were on duty at the time of the explosion.
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