HOUSTON (AP) – a tank where a flammable chemical was stored caught fire Tuesday at a plant in Texas, killing a worker and injuring two other gravity causing that other e alarmed employees brincaran a fence to reach safety. The Chief of police in Harris County, Ed Gonzalez, confirmed the death through a tweet and said that the injured were taken by helicopter to a hospital. The wounded are in critical condition, said Rachel Moreno, spokesman for the Fire Department of the Harris.Las county authorities closed a road near the site of the fire in the chemical plant KMCO Crosby, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) northeast of Houston, said Gonzalez.
All residents within a radius of 1.6 kilometers (1 mile) from the plant is ordered to stay indoors or seek refuge.
Harris said that a transfer line caught fire near a tank of isobutylene _ a colorless flammable gas that is used in the production of high octane gasoline _ which was subsequently set on fire. Rescuers were trying to control the fire, said Gonzalez.Uno of the employees, Justin Trahan, told television station KPRC of Houston who heard “some panic on the radio”, but not sounded no alarm until the ground ignite. Tap to unmuteTrahan said that some employees began to run “after the tank is lit”. He added that he and other colleagues had to jump a fence to escape because all the doors were closed.
John C. Foley, executive director of KMCO, said in a statement that the company had activated its Emergency Brigade and set up a command center.
“We work with rescuers to extinguish the fire,” he added. KMCO is a company of chemists offering refrigerants and liquid of brakes, as well as chemicals for the oil industry.
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