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Arkema Texas Plant Explodes Causing “Massive” Fire, “Black Smoke Fills The Air”<\/a><\/h3>\n
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You can’t say they didn’t warn us: this afternoon, the VP of US manufacturing Daryl Roberts at French chemicals giant Arkema, said the company was on “high alert” <\/a>as more fires could start at the doomed facility at any moment. Well, that moment took place around 6pm ET, when ABC Houston reported <\/a>that the doomed Arkema plant has exploded, causing a “massive” fire and “sending dark, black smoke into the air.”<\/p>\n

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According to reports on the ground, light winds are not pushing into areas around the plant, but there is concern the smoke could injure others.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The smoke could be seen in the residential Newport area of Crosby, about 7 miles away. Harris County officials are advising residents who did not evacuate the 1.5-mile area around the plant to close their windows and turn off their air conditioning systems.<\/p>\n

“You could call this a warning sign that more explosions or fires could
\nbe coming soon,” Jeff Carr, a spokesman for Arkema, told the Houston
\nChronicle.<\/p>\n