Posted on 11/09/2023 9:16:57 AM PST by Libloather
Officials in rural Texas have begun to release details about what led to a fiery explosion at a chemical plant after lifting a shelter-in-place order in the surrounding community on Wednesday.
Geoff Harfield, president of the industrial blending facility Sound Resource Solutions in Shepherd, told reporters that a "forklift incident" triggered the blast, though he did not elaborate.
Officials in San Jacinto County said a preliminary investigation found the ignition happened when an employee noticed a container leaking with chemicals and tried to use a forklift to lift the container.
San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers told reporters he was advised that diesel was burning, with the possibility of turpentine and other chemicals also igniting.
Harfield said he could not speculate on what kind of chemicals were suspected of burning as the investigation was ongoing.
"We’ll make sure that any remediation work that needs to be done is going to be done in the right way so that there’s no effect on the community that we’ve loved for 14 years," Harfield said.
The blast happened around 8:17 a.m. at Sound Resource Solutions along U.S. Highway 59 in Shepherd. The city is located in San Jacinto County, about 60 miles northeast of Houston.
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Was Homer Simpson driving the forklift?
Diesel doesn’t blow up without a lot of help...............
No, Bart was.
Ya, let’s bring an ignition source close to an unknown leaking liquid.....
Oh, Lord, so you’ve seen that one, too...
Like with a bit Fertilizer and an ignition source. (Spark)
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