Pre-Thanksgiving Blast at Texas Chemical Plant Raises Serious Questions

Two blasts rocked an east Texas chemical plant the day before Thanksgiving, leaving three workers injured and 50,000 people under evacuation orders. The two explosions happened 13 hours apart at the Texas Petroleum Chemical (TPC) plant in Port Naches, just outside of Beaumont. ...

Recent Refinery Explosion Injures 37; Latest in a Series of Petrochemical Accidents This Year

An explosion at a Texas oil refinery July 31 left 37 people injured and people in the state wondering why so many petrochemical fires and explosions have happened so frequently this year. The July 31 explosion at the Exxon Mobil refinery in Bayport, about 25 miles east o...