No Mourners at Burial of 50 Victims of Nigeria Refinery Fire April 29, 2022 By Chinedu Asadu OWERRI, Nigeria (AP) — Mourners were nowhere to be seen as gravediggers in Nigeria’s southeast town of Ohaji-Egbema used shovels...
Refinery Fire and Falling Debris Hit Mexico After 7.4 Quake June 24, 2020 By Amy Stillman and Lorena Rios A 7.4 magnitude earthquake that hit southern Mexico on Tuesday killed at least two people, left others trapped under rubble...
Shut Philadelphia Refinery Begins Risky Job of Removing Toxic Chemical August 2, 2019 By Laila Kearney PHILADELPHIA — Workers at the fire-damaged Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery took the first steps this week toward ridding the plant...
Exxon Faces Lawsuit Over Air Pollution from Petrochemical Fire August 1, 2019 By Erwin Seba HOUSTON — Exxon Mobil Corp was hit with a lawsuit on Thursday over pollution from a fire at the company’s...
Philadelphia Energy Solutions Files for Bankruptcy after Refinery Fire July 22, 2019 By Laila Kearney and Jarrett Renshaw Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the company said on Monday, its second such filing in...
Philadelphia Energy Solutions Seeks to Shutter Oil Refinery June 26, 2019 By Jarrett Renshaw Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) will seek to permanently shut its oil refinery in the city after a massive fire caused...
Fiery Houston-Area Tank Farm One of Scores Dotting Gulf Coast March 22, 2019 By Sheela Tobben and Ben Foldy A fire at a Houston-area petroleum and chemical storage complex darkened the skyline this week. Thick plumes of black smoke...
Toxic Clouds Shut Down Houston Suburbs March 21, 2019 By Joe Carroll and Ben Foldy Now that the four-day fire is out at a Houston-area chemical storage complex, the real danger has emerged. Cancer-causing toxins...
Investigators May Probe Houston Chemical Fire March 21, 2019 By Rachel Adams-Heard and Ben Foldy Federal and local investigators are weighing a probe of the Houston chemical blaze as hazardous compounds waft near the burned-out...
Houston Chemical-Fire Smoke Set to Descend, Closing Schools March 20, 2019 By Joe Carroll and Stephen Stapczynski About the photo: Residents look on at the plume of smoke rising from a fire at the Intercontinental Terminals Co....