(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) One person was injured and hospitalized after an explosion
rocked a phenol plant in the Houston area, authorities said,
trend reports
citing xinhua .
The explosion happened during liquid propane transfer from a
tanker truck to another tanker at the INEOS Phenol Cumene plant in
Pasadena, a suburb of Houston, Harris County Precinct 2
Commissioner Adrian Garcia said at a press conference.
Following the explosion, windows were rattled in Pasadena with
black smoke visible from downtown Houston, according to local media
reports. The fire was declared extinguished nearly one hour
later.
Garcia said there were "no known impacts to the community at
large."
The injured was the driver of a vehicle that exploded and now is
in a fair condition, according to a report from local newspaper the
Houston Chronicle.
The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston reported no
pollution in the water, said the report.
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said in a statement that county
pollution control teams would remain at the scene "to monitor the
situation and ensure there is no threat to public health or
safety."
"These incidents continue to happen to often in our community,
and that is unacceptable," Hidalgo said.
Authorities described the explosion as a BLEVE, an acronym for a
boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion.
An investigation in under way.
The INEOS Phenol Cumene plant opened in 1978 and produces
cumene, an organic compound that is used in a variety of petroleum
products, according to the company's website.
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