Residents, lawyers, and environmental groups point to aging facilities and reluctant state regulators as reasons for the continued string of industrial fires.
On Monday's show: Does public input make any difference on whether a chemical plant receives a new permit to operate, especially ones where major fires or other safety issues have occurred?
Days after a massive fire erupted at the Shell Chemical Plant in Deer Park, business owners in the seafood industry are very concerned about the wastewater runoff from that fire that Shell has been funneling into the Houston Ship Channel.
After more than 50 hours of fighting the massive chemical fire that broke out at the Shell Chemical Plant in Deer Park, officials said the fire was finally extinguished Sunday night.