Given there was a fire early in the day that was extinguished, but then flared up again, this screams accident.
I have a feeling that through all of this there were no evacuations could end up with someone in jail, though.
Split the difference between Waco and Texas City anniversaries.
Anniversary of the Great Texas City Explosion, 16April1947.
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/lyt01
Yeah. I think so, too. Sounds like they were having problems.