Large industrial fire under control in Channelview area, company says employees safe and accounted for
By Ronnie Marley
According to the Fire Marshal s Office, the fire occurred at K-Solv, located at 1000 Lakeside Drive.
Mikie Sopccak, Director of Environmental Health Safety and Security for the K-Solv, said during a news conference Wednesday evening that a drum transfer was occurring there was an ignition source.
Sopccak couldn t say what type of chemicals were ignited or what burned during the large fire.
Sopccak said that 56 employees, 5 of which were located at the warehouse where the fire occurred, were all accounted for.
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The Harris County Fire Marshal s Office said numerous agencies responded with foam to extinguish the fire. Known chemiclas on site include, but not limited to: hydrochloric acid, acetone, ethanol, ethlyene dichloride, and other acids.
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