Chemical Plant Fire in Texas
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram (via Firehouse.com) is reporting on a huge fire at a chemical plant.
A series of explosions rocked a chemical plant in north Fort Worth on Thursday afternoon, unleashing a five-alarm fire and an enormous pillar of black smoke that could be seen in Denton and Dallas."It sounded like and looked like a tornado," said Jeff Maxwell, who was eating lunch at a nearby restaurant.
Luckily, nobody was killed, but there were three people injured.
An interesting note is that this is the second refinery fire in two days. The first was at the Murphy Oil in Louisiana. This from a press release from Murphy Oil:
According to Neve, the fire started inside the refinery at approximately 2:00 a.m. this morning, affecting both the ROSE Unit and the Vacuum Unit. The fire in the Vacuum Unit was extinguished by 5:15 a.m. The fire in the ROSE Unit was contained to a small area and crews have worked throughout the day to extinguish it. Two employees received first aid for minor injuries.
These two fires have combined to raise oil prices sharply. Bloomberg reports:
Crude oil for September delivery rose as much as 47 cents, or 0.8 percent, to $60.41 a barrel in after-hours electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It was at $60.35 at 9:10 a.m. Singapore time.
So what is with the refinery/oil platform fires the last couple of days?
