protected to the best we can. this morning, as expected, were all of the research that was done by myself and others, we found out that we had one of the vans of that there was a chemical decomposition a chemical reaction that resulted in a fire at that location, there were a number of small containers inside that s it did a rupture. we heard some popping noise coming from that area, then gray smoke, followed by fire. excuse me. it is my understanding that three this is 1 of 3 of the containers that they had lost refrigeration on. and so we can expect a similar type of decomposition in those other trailers, maybe even all nine of them before it is over with.
this is new territory, shannon, and we are going to dig out the people of texas are tough and resilient, we pulled together, and as you said, the ugly pictures are now going to be replaced by folks who are rebuilding, and that is going to take months and maybe even years, but we are going to do that. and i am sure that the country i just had a conversation with one of my fellows from kansas, he said that gas prices are already up by $0.25, and with the chemical facilities down here, they suspended operations. we are going to see this. right now, we are trying to alleviate human suffering and rebuild. shannon: will, in the process, the country is grieving along with you, so inspired by what we are seeing in texas and
[indistinct question] people want to know how endangered they are. so the recommendation of the local authorities, we have established that it is one and a half miles in for the evacuation zone, we believe that the local authorities have moved everyone out of harm s way, no one is in danger based on the fires that we expect. [indistinct question] no, we are not intending to go into the site, as we understand we do not think that is a safe thing to do. when will you be able to go into the plant again? certainly we want until all of the floodwaters have receded, that is the first step, and then certainly the products that we believe is potentially decomposing, we are not going to put anyone in harm s way to try to restore refrigeration because we don t know the states that
renewed, joining me, one of the lawmakers leading the effort, sean duffy, good to see you. this is something that you have been working on long before harvey came along, we talked about the program, estimates around $23 billion in debts, people obviously are going to expect claims, they will be paid out, but it seems like every time there is an attempt at really reforming this program long-term, something difficult happens. of course our hearts go out to those who are impacted, but is this something that will be able to survive long-term question work i think what we have to do is say the congress is going to help people impacted, and by the way, only 20% of people in texas have a flood insurance, if you have just a regular policy on your house, it doesn t cover flood insurance. so what you mention, we are $25 billion in debts, it runs on a deficit, so we want to reform a program, we have people paying
with those, as long as a broader area of the site is not involve involved. and what the concern is is the coldest temperature products, the colder temperature organic peroxide s, that these materials have to be maintained cold, if they start to warm up, they become unstable, and they will decompose. when they decompose, they generate heat, and then they there is the possibility of a fire and possible explosions. we do have nine containers, these materials are stored in some a box containers, like you would see over the road to storage containers, one of those containers has been involved, and the product in that container has started to degrade, that happened earlier this morning, we fully expect that the other a containers will do the same thing. in the water is still in our facility and preventing us from