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A massive explosion at a Texas crude oil refinery shot up towering plumes of dark smoke and physically shook locals’ homes before they were ordered to shelter in place Monday. A loud boom resounded ...

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A fire at Valero’s largest oil refinery in Texas was put out on Tuesday after an explosion prompted a shelter-in-place order for residents in the area. The explosion occurred at a refinery in Port ...

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PORT ARTHUR, Texas — An explosion at the Port Arthur Valero refinery just after 6 p.m. shook homes and businesses across the area as people were heading home from work, according to witnesses who ...

Crews have extinguished a fire at a Texas oil refinery after a large explosion sent plumes of smoke into the air and prompted a shelter-in-place order for nearby residents, officials said Tuesday, ...

One month after a massive explosion leveled a home in Centreville, Virginia and injured two people and forced nearly 50 homes in the area to evacuate, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) ...

PORT ARTHUR, Texas — An explosion and large plume of smoke at the Valero refinery in Port Arthur prompted officials to order west-side residents to shelter in place Monday, but the major fire was out ...

HOUSTON, March 24 (Reuters) - Valero Energy Corp (VLO.N), opens new tab has shut its 380,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) oil refinery in Port ‌Arthur, Texas, following an explosion and fire at a diesel ...