Authorities Issued Shelter-in-Place Order for People Within Radius of Chemical Plant Fire
Date : 09th November, 2023
THE SOIL – Authorities in Texas have ordered people to stay at home and evacuate after a significant explosion at a chemical facility resulted in a big fire.
The San Jacinto county office of emergency management stated in a Facebook post that the explosion and fire that followed occurred on Wednesday morning at a chemical facility in Shepherd, Texas, approximately one hour outside of Houston.
At a news conference on Wednesday, Sound Resource Solutions president Geoff Harfield reported that one of his employees had suffered minor burns to his body. He’s receiving care at a nearby hospital.
Thirty-one children were relocated to a nearby facility after the explosion forced the evacuation of a nearby private school.
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