Chemical leak at LyondellBasell plant near Houston kills two
The Peninsula
A chemical leak at a LyondellBasell Industries NV plant near Houston killed two people and injured six on Tuesday evening.
The incident happened at about 7:35 p.m. local time at LyondellBasell’s La Porte complex, the company said in a statement. The "acetic acid leak” has now been stopped and air monitoring indicates "no levels of concern” for the community nearby, it said. The six injured people, some of whom sustained burns, were sent to local hospitals for medical treatment. All others who were working within the affected unit of the company’s La Porte Complex, have been accounted for and clean-up is in progress, LyondellBasell said in a subsequent statement. "An investigation into the cause of this incident is already underway,” it said.More Related News