Texas Explosion Lawyer

An explosion was reported about 3:30 a.m. at the Williams Production Co. field plant in Durango, CO. The boom shook homes and woke residents.
“It was really loud,” said Diane Millich, who lives three-fourths of a mile from the plant. “It was insane. It was like an M-80. It just startled everybody.”
A cooling tower at the […]

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Flames continued to smolder Tuesday at a chemical distribution center northeast of Des Moines, a day after a fire led to huge explosions and towering clouds of black smoke.
Officials at Barton Solvents Inc. hired private contractors to douse the remaining fires and begin cleanup at the site. They’ll take over from numerous fire agencies that […]

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Years before the deadly 2005 explosion at its Texas City refinery, BP ignored the dangers of a vent stack that played a central role in the disaster according to a process safety engineer. “They were aware of the hazards associated with a blowdown stack, but they didn’t do anything,” said Peter Howell, a consultant and […]

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