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Now that the situation is officially under control, site personnel can investigate the cause of the leak.

2 dead, 30 hospitalized after chemical leak at LyondellBasell facility in La Porte, officials confirm Published:  Updated:  Officials provide update following deadly chemical leak at LyondellBasell facility in La Porte LA PORTE, Texas – Two people are dead and 30 people are in the hospital following a chemical leak at the LyondellBasell Industries in La Porte, the city’s Office of Emergency Management confirmed Tuesday. Crews responded to reports of an incident at LyondellBasell Industries, which is located at 1515 Miller Cut-Off Rd., around 7:35 p.m. During a news conference Wednesday...

Updated 11:05 a.m. CT The La Porte Fire Department is asking residents within a half-mile radius of the Dow Chemical Co. Bayport plant to evacuate the area due to an ongoing chemical release. The alert came around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday. Dow Chemical reported a "process upset incident" at 7:27 a.m. Wednesday, in its 13300 Bay Area Boulevard facility. Harris County Pollution Control confirmed the incident was a chemical leak at the plant. Air monitoring from Harris County Pollution Control confirmed no off-site impact as of 10:47 a.m. La Porte Independent School District canceled secondary summer...

Those at Bonita Springs Beach Park have been experiencing some of these symptoms as they get out for Mother’s Day. Collier County beachgoers have been experiencing that as well. Sebastian Giangregorio lives in Collier County. “It’s been horrible,” Giangregorio said. Frank Saitta also lives nearby. “The water gets like a brown color it’s just ugly,” Saitta said. This year it seems like Red Tide does not want to say goodbye. “It’s been spotty we’ve been several times, and on different occasions, we’ve had coughing and sneezing,” said John Colgin, another Collier resident...

Investigators are also looking into which chemical was burning. Author: Adam Bennett Updated: 8:20 PM CDT April 8, 2021 CHANNELVIEW, Texas — Investigators from the Harris County Fire Marshal’s office began looking Thursday into what ignited an industrial fire in Channelview the day before, along with which chemical was burning. The fire started just after 4 p.m. Wednesday inside a small storage warehouse at the K-Solv facility before spreading to a second warehouse. Mikie Sopczak, Director of Environmental Health and Safety and Security for K-Solv, said it ...