A company spokesman said no injuries or fatalities had been confirmed, but a strong odor from the fire could be irritating.

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.

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.

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 ...

A second explosion Wednesday at an East Texas chemical plant prompted officials to issue evacuation orders for three small cities and a portion of another as flames and smoke surged into the sky ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Sept. 21, 1979: Explosion at Southern Pacific Railroad's creosote plant, 4910 Lockwood. Steve Ueckert/Houston Chronicle Nov. 5, 1985: A gas explosion and fire at the Warren Pipeline Company in ...

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 ...