HOUSTON (AP) — 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.

Port Neches Explosion: Texas Chemical Plant Blast Injures 3 People The blast is the latest in ... The largest penalty — more than $214,000 — was levied in January over issues at the Houston plant.

VIDEO: Aftermath of massive Texas chemical plant explosion. A chemical plant exploded in a huge fireball in Shepherd, Texas. Authorities issued a 'shelter-in-place' order to residents within a one ...

The chemical plant is located near Houston in Shepherd, Texas, a city of just over 2,000 people, and while the cause of the explosion is not immediately known, according to officials in San ...

An afternoon blast at the TPC Group plant in Port Neches, about 80 miles east of Houston, followed a powerful burst at 1 a.m. that sent three workers to hospitals, injured some residents and ...

Harris County Fire Marshal Assistant Chief Bob Royall , center, and Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez talk to media about the explosion of organic peroxides at th Arkema chemical plant during a ...

Authorities issued a shelter-in-place order for Texas residents within a one-mile radius of a chemical plant fire Wednesday. A large plume of smoke could be seen in video captured by residents as ...

Smoke fills the air from a plant fire in Pasadena, Texas on Wednesday, March 22. 2023. Officials are investigating an explosion and fire at the chemical plant in suburban Houston that injured at ...

First responders in Texas are fighting a fire from a chemical plant explosion north of Houston on Wednesday morning. The explosion, and the huge plume of dark smoke at the Sound Resource Solutions ...

Chemical plant fire contained 00:57 SHEPHERD (CBSNewsTexas.com) – An investigation is underway after an explosion took place at a chemical plant in Shepherd Wednesday morning, injuring one employee.

Explosion at Pasadena Chemical plant injures one, sends giant fireball into the sky over Harris County By John Wayne Ferguson , Staff writer Updated March 22, 2023 8:20 p.m.

Hours after explosions rocked a Texas chemical plant outside Houston early Wednesday, officials said there is no way to know how long a fire at the site will burn. An early morning explosion at ...