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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 06:37 AM
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Another accident at the BP refinery. Chemical leak in Texas City, TX
GLIDE Number: CH-20070320-10426-USA
Date / time: 20/03/2007 04:30:21
Event: Chemical Accident
Area: North-America
Country: USA
State/County: State of Texas
City: Texas City
Number of Deads: None or unknow
Number of Injured: None or unknow
Damage level: Minor

Description:
There was a brief scare today at BP in Texas City following a leak at the refinery. A pump on a unit leaked a small amount of hydrocarbons about noon.

A shelter in place order was issued for some workers until the problem was found and fixed on the Alke 3 unit inside the refinery.

The city issued a Level 2 alert during the leak that was stopped within an hour. No one was injured because of the leak.

More:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/woalert_read.php?lang=eng&id=10426
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