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Pair of Workers Killed in Explosion at Mississippi Processing Plant Two workers were killed in an explosion at a Mississippi processing plant on Thursday, August 13, 2020. The explosion occurred at the DAR PRO Solutions located in the Greater Jackson Industrial Park near the town of Byram. The plant has been the subject of three serious violations handed down by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA, in recent times. The DAR PRO Solutions facility is a plant that collects…

Colorado Tire Recycling Plant Destroys Over Seven Acres, Thick Black Plume Dominates Sky A massive fire at the Tires to Green Recycling Center in Weld County Colorado devoured over seven acres before firefighters from 12 different companies were able to get the blaze under control. In addition, an air tanker assisted in battling the large blaze. The tire recycling plant is located near the northern Colorado communities of Fort Lupton and Platteville. The major elements of the inferno were extinguished…

Houston Explosion, Fire Leaves 2 Dead; Hundreds of Homes Damaged An early morning explosion in northwestern Houston has left at least 2 dead and damaged an estimated 200 homes. As of 12:00 p.m. local time, some 20 people had been treated at area hospitals for what were described as minor and non-life-threatening injuries. Early reports suggest that 2 dead victims of the blast were Hispanic males, although it isn’t clear whether the men were employees of the facility where the…

A second explosion rocked a refinery in Port Neches, Texas, Wednesday afternoon, about 12 hours after an initial blast injured three people, shattered windows and caused property damage in a 10-mile radius around the plant, and sent an ever-growing plume of black smoke into the air. The afternoon explosion resulted in an expansion of a mandatory evacuation zone around the Port Neches refinery from a half mile to four miles. Law enforcement officials from the state are enforcing the mandatory…

Shortly after 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 31, 2019, an explosion ripped through a processing unit at the Baytown Olefins Plant, an ExxonMobil oil refinery. The Olefins Plant explosion resulted in a large fire in the unit, the blaze contained by firefighters but still burning on Thursday. A large and growing smoke plume arose from the explosion site, drifted across the city of Baytown. The smoke plume potentially contains harmful toxins because the Baytown refinery processes light hydrocarbons, including propylene…