Texas City residents ordered to shelter-in-place due to Marathon refinery incident.
TL;DR
A shelter-in-place has been issued for Texas City east of 146 due to a unit disruption incident at the Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery, causing a heavy smell of sulfur to fill the air. The refinery is currently responding to the operational issue and working to resolve the matter. This incident comes more than a month after a deadly fire at the refinery in May. No injuries have been reported, and air monitoring is in progress.
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- Shelter-in-place issued for part of Texas City due to 'unit disruption' incident at Marathon refinery KPRC Click2Houston
- Shelter-in-place in Texas City east of 146 due to Marathon GBR incident FOX 26 Houston
- Shelter-in-place issued for Texas City residents east of SH-146 due to incident at Marathon Petroleum's Galveston Bay Refinery KTRK-TV
- Shelter-in-place issued for Texas City residents, officials say KHOU.com
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