Four injured in fire at Exxon’s Baytown, Texas plant
23 Dec 2021
Exxon (NYSE:XOM) is trading up 0.81% at 60.99
Four people were injured when a fire erupted on Friday at Exxon (NYSE:XOM)’s complex in Baytown, Texas, one of the largest refining and petrochemical facilities in the United States.
All other personnel were accounted for, Exxon said, adding that its emergency response crews were still working to extinguish the blaze.
The Baytown plant houses a chemical plant, an olefins plant and the country’s fourth biggest oil refinery, with capacity to process 560,500 barrels per day of crude.
Sources familiar with operations at the facility said the fire was in the olefins plant but said no more details were immediately available. It was not immediately clear what impact the incident had on production from the facility.
Three people were evacuated by Lifeflight rescue helicopter and a fourth person was taken by ambulance, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said on Twitter.
Initial reports indicated there had been some type of explosion at the plant, but there were no reports to evacuate or shelter-in-place at the moment, the sheriff added.
The Baytown olefins facility, which began operations in 1979, is one of the largest ethylene plants in the world, according to the company’s website.
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