Houston Chemical Blaze Probe Weighed by Federal Investigator
- At nearby facility, Shell warns workers about benzene fumes
- Fire at Mitsui affiliate’s complex put out early Wednesday
A local resident looks on as a fire truck arrives to the fire at the Intercontinental Terminals Co petrochemical storage site in Deer Park, Texas on March 19, 2019.
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Federal and local investigators are weighing a probe of the Houston chemical blaze as hazardous compounds waft near the burned-out site.
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board “is following up on the incident and should be making a decision to send an investigator shortly,” spokeswoman Hillary Cohen said in an emailed statement on Wednesday. Hours earlier, firefighters extinguished the last of the fires at Intercontinental Terminals Co.’s petrochemical complex that menaced the fourth-largest U.S. city for almost four days.