Fire burns at ExxonMobil refinery in Baytown

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[eastforker]

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Thursday, April 7th, 2016 BAYTOWN, TX -- Fire at a Baytown ExxonMobil facility Thursday sent a massive plume of smoke into the air.

At this point, it's not clear what started the fire. The good news is all employees have been accounted for

[eastforker]

Blowed a tube in a boiler.

[stylin19a]

Gas prices just shot up here about a week ago...took a long time for that April 2016 fire to have an effect ?

[Steely Tom]

Oh boy. Gas prices going up another dime.

[fella]

Every Spring and Fall when the government mandated gasoline formulas come on line sections that have been idil are fired up and things can happen.

[The Antiyuppie]

Ah, yes, spring is in the air...the birds, the butterflies, the smell of oil refineries burning, and...gas prices rising.

I’m really beginning to wonder about these oil refinery fires.

[WASCWatch]

I live in Baytown. This is a small fire. People outside of Texas cannot comprehend just how big the Baytown Exxon- Mobile complex is. It is the largest refinery complex in the United States. They just finished a $15 Billion addition about a year ago, and that is only a very small portion of the entire complex.

[volunbeer]

It appears that the safety and containment systems worked quite well. Given what they do, fires are inevitable. It is the containment that is important - keep the event small.

[eastforker]

I know, I worked out there for close to 20 years.

[353FMG]

Fire in tube or fire in shell?

[eastforker]

I just had heard that a tube blowed in the boiler, not a heat exchanger and I know they are both called boilers.These tubes, usually 4 inch, are in the heater, also called a boiler.

[eastforker]

Also called a furnace.