Systemic Failures Led To Explosion That Shut Texas Gas Plant
- Biden administration details blast at Texas plant last June
- Plant still needs repairs; no timeline for restart provided
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The blast at a massive Texas gas export plant last June was caused by inadvertently removed overpressure protection and closed valves, federal regulators said Saturday in its first in-depth public review of the incident.
The regulators revealed never-before-seen photos from the Freeport LNG explosion that included a large fireball, mangled equipment and a piece of pipe thrown hundreds of feet away. They added that another projectile severed equipment that impacted local water supply.