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Explosion at Valero in Port Arthur prompts shelter-in-place order, sheriff says
KFDM 6 ^ | Mon, March 23, 2026 at 6:58 PM Updated Mon, March 23, 2026 at 7:39 PM | Zoe Holman

Posted on 03/23/2026 6:41:35 PM PDT by af_vet_1981

From Amir Tsarfati news feed:

Massive fire and thick black smoke at the Valero refinery in Port Arthur, Texas following a reported explosion.Pro- Iranian regjme accounts have become very excited. Some of these accounts are already framing the event as sabotage carried out on Iran’s behalf.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: refinery; texas; valero

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1 posted on 03/23/2026 6:41:35 PM PDT by af_vet_1981
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To: af_vet_1981

Doesn’t help refining capacity.


2 posted on 03/23/2026 6:41:50 PM PDT by TexasGunLover
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To: TexasGunLover

100% of personnel accounted for.


3 posted on 03/23/2026 6:42:49 PM PDT by TexasGunLover
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To: af_vet_1981; All; admin
I searched for Valero and did not see it posted but this post is a duplicate of

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4371916/posts
4 posted on 03/23/2026 6:43:33 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 ( The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: af_vet_1981; All; admin
I searched for Valero and did not see it posted but this post is a duplicate of

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4371916/posts
5 posted on 03/23/2026 6:43:33 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 ( The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: TexasGunLover

Thank god... now to figure out if it was an accident or not.


6 posted on 03/23/2026 6:44:15 PM PDT by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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To: af_vet_1981

Is this the refinery that handles the thick oil from Venezuela?


7 posted on 03/23/2026 6:45:13 PM PDT by ryderann
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To: af_vet_1981

video
Aerial footage of the fire at the Valero refinery in Port Arthur, Texas
https://rumble.com/v77j838-a-view-of-the-port-arthur-fire-from-above.html


8 posted on 03/23/2026 6:45:34 PM PDT by janetjanet998 (Please don’t use google products, especially YouTube )
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To: af_vet_1981

Please... Not another ‘Iran’s winning’ BS story. This ‘Iran’s winning’ nonsense needs to be exposed for the BS that it is.


9 posted on 03/23/2026 6:50:59 PM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: TexasGunLover

Is it true this same plant had a fire in 2024?


10 posted on 03/23/2026 6:54:14 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: jerod

yeah this has nothing to do with Iran, this plant had a fire before or so I have read online


11 posted on 03/23/2026 6:54:47 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: ryderann

That would be CITGO


12 posted on 03/23/2026 6:54:58 PM PDT by TStro (Come and take it!)
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To: jerod

Iran is not winning. The islamic regime is the number one state sponsor of terrorism in this world. They are tools of the adversary.


13 posted on 03/23/2026 7:00:28 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 ( The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: DesertRhino

If this was caused by Iran, the present war has just changed when it happened to now instead of later.


14 posted on 03/23/2026 7:04:33 PM PDT by Mogger ( 7th generation Vermonter, refugee in New Hampshire hoping NH remains sane.)
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To: TStro

Thanks.


15 posted on 03/23/2026 7:05:30 PM PDT by ryderann
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To: af_vet_1981

This refinery supplies a lot of gasoline to the east coast, and Florida. Keep a close eye on this. It COULD be a ‘normal’ incident. If so, they’ll likely be back to full capacity in a few days. IF this is external, it could be longer...

If you live in Florida, fill up you car ASAP. Prices are going up.


16 posted on 03/23/2026 7:10:17 PM PDT by SomeCallMeTim
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To: af_vet_1981

This is Iran’s negotiating demands:
https://www.memri.org/reports/iranian-regime-offers-six-conditions-accepting-us-surrender-and-ending-war


17 posted on 03/23/2026 7:10:53 PM PDT by doc maverick
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To: janetjanet998

Looking at that video, I seriously doubt it was Iran. It is in the middle of an area that has a bunch of fences that would need to be breached first. Would have been easier to hit some of the other structures and cause just as much damage.

Does not make sense that it would be Iran.


18 posted on 03/23/2026 7:11:04 PM PDT by jimpick
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To: doc maverick
This is Iran’s negotiating demands:

They can have 1 Iranian Riyal if they surrender now.
19 posted on 03/23/2026 7:14:20 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 ( The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: Mogger
If this was caused by Iran

Give the Israeli's the green light for tactical nuke use.

20 posted on 03/23/2026 7:32:50 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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