One person was injured Wednesday in a large fire at a rural chemical distribution plant northeast of Houston, according to local media reports.
Residents within a mile of Sound Resource Solutions, located 61 miles northeast of Houston, were told to shelter in their homes and businesses as the fire continued to burn, producing large plumes of black smoke in a rural area near Shepherd, Texas, according to media reports.
The sanctuary zone was originally five miles, but was later reduced in size, according to KPRC-TV in Houston.
Sound Resource Solutions blends, packages and distributes industrial chemicals including sulfuric acid, acetone and petrochemicals such as xylene and toluene, according to the company’s website.
US Highway 59 is closed north of Shepherd because of the fire, according to media reports.
Rural Texas communities are often the site of chemical plant explosions and fires.
In 2013, 15 people were killed and 160 injured in an explosion at a fertilizer storage facility in the town of West, Texas.
Smoke fills the sky from a chemical plant fire in Shepherd, Texas on Thursday, Nov. 8. 2023. Fox26 Houston Smoke coming from a fire at the Sound Resource Solutions chemical distribution plant in Shepherd, Texas on November 8, 2023.XTRK via AP
In 2017, industrial peroxide at the Arkema storage site in Crosby, Texas exploded during Hurricane Harvey.
Four towns in east Texas were evacuated when TPC Group’s butadiene plant exploded in Port Neches, Texas in 2019.
Sound Resource Solutions confirmed that one employee was injured and taken to Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center. Fox26 Houston An explosion occurred at Sound Resource Solutions at 731 FM 1127 around 8:17 a.m. Wednesday, and the fire continues to burn. Fox26 Houston Smoke fills the sky from a chemical plant fire in Shepherd, Texas on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2023.sparklingdonut/X Residents within a mile of the plant were advised to shelter in homes and businesses during the fire.Janay Jones via AP
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