Home Lightning strike fire temporarily shuts down Texas City refinery
 

Keywords :   


Lightning strike fire temporarily shuts down Texas City refinery

2015-08-20 23:28:23| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

A fire caused by a lightning strike temporarily shut down a Valero Energy Corp. refinery just south of Houston on Aug. 20. The lightning strike happened at the San Antonio-based company's refinery off South Loop 197 in Texas City just before 6:30 a.m. The lightning strike caused a fire that ignited the transformer's fuel source, which burned until 11:30 a.m. Aug. 20. No injuries were reported and Chief Zacherl said the fire was self-contained.

Tags: city fire texas strike

Category:Energy and Environment

Latest from this category

All news

26.11
26.11 GB2 no.022
26.11HL103L SSS
26.115 20cm
26.11 A
26.11fragmentdesign VCD
26.11SwitchSwitch Sea of Stars
26.11[]
Energy and Environment »
26.11
26.11 GB2 no.022
26.11HL103L SSS
26.115 20cm
26.11 A
26.11fragmentdesign VCD
26.11SwitchSwitch Sea of Stars
26.11[]
More »