A a major fire is currently being recorded at an oil refinery located in the Deer Park area.Harris County, State Texas.
Fire and rescue services respond to a major fire at a Shell-owned industrial facility at 5900 State Highway 225, which is on the same property as Pemex, with no reported damage to the Mexican oil company’s facilities so far.
According to the first reports posted by Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez via Twitter, there was no explosion, it was a fire caused by heat exchange between two heavy diesel engines. The police chief also assures that the fire is reduced and localized.
For his part, Deer Park Mayor Jerry Mouton told ABC13 that it was an oil and gas fire due to a leakand what is burned is “baked coal”, which he says is safe for society.
The National Weather Service said on Friday afternoon that a plume of smoke from the Deer Park fire was visible on satellite imagery.
He NWS releases GIFs taken from space in a Twitter thread showing the aftermath of the fire.
According to the report, six people were injured After a fire broke out at Shell Plc’s (SHEL.L) chemical plant in Deer Park, Texas on Friday, five people familiar with the plant’s operations told Reuters.
Pemex denies damage to its refinery
Mexican semi-public company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) denied that its Deer Park facilities were affected by the fire.or after dozens of Mexican media outlets claimed that the Pemex refinery had been hit by an incident that began on Friday afternoon.
“Pemex says there are no fires at Pemex Deer Par refinery unitsj. However, our emergency services are assisting another company that is close to our facility,” Pemex wrote on Twitter.
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