Two years after ITC chemical fire in Deer Park, Texas close to making new safety rules for industry Sen. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, spent years negotiating with industry groups to get new regulations placed on the chemical industry after the ITC fire in 2019. Author: ERIN DOUGLAS (The Texas Tribune) Published: 8:40 AM CDT May 24, 2021 Updated: 8:41 AM CDT May 24, 2021 AUSTIN, Texas — (The Texas Tribune) — In March 2019, a massive chemical fire broke out after a leak at a chemical tank farm in Deer Park spread to almost a dozen other tanks. Note: the video in this story is from an April 2019 broadcast — "ITC hit with criminal charges for pollution after massive chemical fire"