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10 Hurt in Texas Refinery Blast, Fire.
(From AP Online)
A furnace at the BP refinery has exploded and burned, sending 10 people to a hospital for treatment of exposure to chemicals.
The furnace fire followed multiple blasts that rocked the Houston Ship Channel-area petrochemical complex about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday was fueled by naphtha, a petroleum feed stock used at the refinery, said Bruce C. Clawson, the Texas City emergency management director.
Regulatory agencies will conduct investigations into the incident, which forced the evacuation of the plant for several hours Tuesday night.
"There was a boom, followed by two more booms," said Tommy Clark, who was in his office at Trey Industries not far from the refinery when the blasts occurred. "It shook the whole building."
Clawson said an internal investigation was also under way, following a heightened security alert from recent reports from the FBI and industry groups that refineries in this area might be targeted by ...
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