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In the war effort falters, that support is becoming increasingly more controversial. the u.s. has long maintaining counterterrorism presence in and around yemen to battle groups like al qaeda. but many analysts fear the ongoing saudi war there is only providing space for al qaeda to regroup. bret? >> bret: thank you. this is a fox news alert. this is a live picture from crosby, texas. there is a fire right now. you can see the huge plumes of black smoke at the texas chemical plant. this is the a...

New concerns in texas in the aftermath of hurricane harvey after a series of explosions at a flooded chemical plant. the plant is in cross by, which is about 25 miles northeast of houston. it makes organic organic peroxides used in things like pvc piping. but the compounds are highly flammable needing refridgeratio so they dont spontaneously explode naps what happened early this morning after the floods knocked out the power and backup tower, blasting a trailer apart, sending flames shooting int...

In the war effort falters, that support is becoming increasingly more controversial. the u.s. has long maintaining counterterrorism presence in and around yemen to battle groups like al qaeda. but many analysts fear the ongoing saudi war there is only providing space for al qaeda to regroup. bret? >> bret: thank you. this is a fox news alert. this is a live picture from crosby, texas. there is a fire right now. you can see the huge plumes of black smoke at the texas chemical plant. this is the a...

Black plumes, you need to get out now. it is dangerous. trying to establish what was in the air, what was happening. couldnt get an answer. now, arkema says these are organic compounds. they have nine containers on the property. one of them combusted wednesday night. there was an explosion wednesday night. thursday morning, they are chemist said it wasnt an explosion, it was a chemical reaction. they did say the containers can go at any time. if they do, the material is very flammable. they did ...

Compromised. for more on what we are seeing on fluid living in crosby, texas, matt finn. he spent the day yesterday when the fire first broke out. i know that they hinted more was expected but of this magnitude? >> sandra, whats happening here according to arkema, they said hurricane harvey -- they closed shop and brought it back on generators. those generators failed. they brought in liquid nitrate and that failed. chemical compounds that are basically exposed to the elements and heat here in t...

But then america said look if you guys want us to have the same amount of staff. there needs to be parity as far as the diplomatic compounds on the territories. you guys chose the consulate in san francisco and the two annexes in new york and d.c. they need to do by tomorrow september second. the russians regret that move and and they might retaliate. both of the countries saying they want better relations but at this point its not going that direction, dave. >> its hard to recall that time fred...

The epa is doing some air testing for us. and water testing as well. >> reporter: what is the danger as his product moves into the water supply? >> we dont expect it to move out of our perimeter. it will burn. all of it will burn. we had no reports of any positive tests for -- >> reporter: what kind of things are you watching for? >> hydrocarbons. organic compounds. total organic compounds. >> reporter: for the first responders who have experienced that stuff, what were they experiencing if the ...

Floodwater in it. the two back-up generators dont work either. they are in containers and they are the size on the back of an 18-wheeler. that is what we are thinking about. we may see more fire in the next couple of days for the other containers. >> and this arkema manufactures organic peroxides, a family of compounds used in pharmaceuticals to construction materials, pipes, et cetera if you wonder what that plant is all about. meantime, while this really is a colossal humanitarian effort, this...

And his wife are now en route to texas and during our next hour of "happening now," they will be meeting with survivors and survey the damage where harvey first made landfall less than a week ago. the vice president to land at corpus christi international airport just minutes from now. we love team fox coverage with meteorologist janice dean, but first to matt finn and texas. >> we are getting some conflicting information right now, most important a where trying to determine just how dangerous t...

Lets go to mia rodriguez where a chemical plant caught fire earlier this morning. there is a lot of concerns about this plant. what sort of chemicals are in there, if the fumes are foxic. t -- toxic. the plant said they are noxious. >> and this is a serious situation. officials say theyre keeping a very close eye on it. eight containers have organic p peroxides in them. the particular compounds are very volatile. they can catch fire, theyre flammable. this direction, this is as close as we can g...