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Tag: explosion

Energy & Environment

2 injured workers file $10 million lawsuit against ExxonMobil after Baytown refinery explosion

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on December 27, 2021 · Both men suffered head injuries, major orthopedic injury to their spines, and were burned all over their bodies, according to the lawsuit.

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THE AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL

President Biden Tells Kabul Attackers: ‘We Will Hunt You Down And Make You Pay’

Rachel Treisman, NPR / JONATHAN FRANKLIN, NPR

Posted on August 26, 2021 · The Pentagon says a number of service members were also wounded in the attack. A hospital says at least 60 people have arrived with injuries at the facility. Here's what we know right now.

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Energy & Environment

It’s Been 1 Year Since The Watson Explosion In Houston. What’s Being Done To Prevent More?

Katie Watkins / Dominic Anthony Walsh, TPR

Posted on January 24, 2021 · This is the first story in a series about chemical disasters in Texas. Fire Triangle is produced by Texas Public Radio in collaboration with Houston Public Media.

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Energy & Environment

Houston Strengthens Regulations For Storing Hazardous Chemicals, After Watson Grinding Explosion

Katie Watkins

Posted on December 16, 2020 · The Watson, Grinding & Manufacturing plant explosion in January killed three and damaged hundreds of homes.

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Texas

Seven Injured When Oil Storage Tank Explosion Rocks Corpus Christi’s Refinery Region

Jerry Clayton, TPR

Posted on December 7, 2020 · The explosion site was at the Magellan Midstream storage tank facility, near the turning basins for tankers and other ships that enter the industrial port channel.

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City of Houston

Watson Grinding Files For Bankruptcy After Deadly Northwest Houston Explosion

Paul DeBenedetto

Posted on February 6, 2020 · The company also announced it would lay off 80 employees in a move Mayor Sylvester Turner said left him "surprised and disappointed."

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1 Dead, 12 Hurt In Construction Explosion At Gatesville Hospital

Associated Press

Posted on June 27, 2018 · Witnesses say a generator exploded in an addition to the hospital that was under construction

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UPDATE: Texas Hospital Spokeswoman Says Four Injured In Explosion

HPM Digital Team / Associated Press

Posted on June 26, 2018 · Witnesses say a generator exploded in an addition to the hospital that was under construction.

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Explosive Device Caused Damage At St. Stephens Episcopal Church In Beaumont

HPM Digital Team

Posted on May 10, 2018 · All Saints’ Episcopal School has been evacuated and the church and the school will remain closed until further notice

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Explosion Destroys Barn, Injures 9 During Police Standoff In Connecticut

Bill Chappell, NPR

Posted on May 3, 2018 · An explosion in a suburban neighborhood in North Haven, Conn., ended a standoff with a man who was suspected of holding his wife against her will

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UPDATE: No Injuries Reported In Explosion At Valero Refinery In Texas City

HPM Digital Team

Posted on April 19, 2018 · All personnel have been accounted for and there have been no injuries or fatalities

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Recovery Continues In West 5 Years After Plant Explosion

Associated Press

Posted on April 17, 2018 · The town saw some leave after the blast to start their lives over and has seen some return

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Gas Leaks Detected In Dallas Neighborhood Weeks Before Fatal Explosion, Report Says

Molly Evans, KERA

Posted on March 23, 2018 · Several other leaks have since been identified throughout the neighborhood

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Gas Service Stops For Thousands Of Dallas Homes Due To Leaks

Associated Press

Posted on March 1, 2018 · The Dallas homes could be without gas service for up to three weeks

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Federal Team Investigating Deadly Dallas House Explosion

Associated Press

Posted on February 26, 2018 · Four injured people were in the front yard and one of them was holding the unconscious 12-year-old girl, who was pronounced dead at a hospital

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