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A fire and explosion at an oil refinery in Texas City, the third-largest in the United States, killed 15 workers.
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Texas City refinery explosion
2005 deadly refinery accident
On March 23, 2005, a hydrocarbon vapor cloud ignited and violently exploded at the isomerization process unit of the BP-owned oil refinery in Texas City, Texas. It resulted in the killing of 15 workers, 180 injuries and severe damage to the refinery. All the fatalities were…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Oil refinery
Facility that processes crude oil
An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where petroleum is transformed and refined into products such as gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, asphalt base, fuel oils, heating oil, kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas and petroleum naphtha. Petrochemical…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Texas City, Texas
City in the United States
Texas City is a city in Galveston County, Texas, United States, on the southwest shoreline of Galveston Bay. Texas City is a deepwater port on Texas's Gulf Coast, as well as a petroleum-refining and petrochemical-manufacturing center. The population was 51,898 at the 2020…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)