PLANT FIRE

An investigation is underway after flaring and smoke were reported at the Chevron Phillips Chemical Company facility in Baytown Tuesday, emergency officials said.

A fire incident that happened at Oxy Vinyls plant in La Porte Tuesday is under investigation, officials with the La Porte Office of Emergency Management said.

Nearly 100 firefighters from 0ver 20 different fire departments were working to put out a fire at a power plant that started in Fort Bend County Monday, officials said.

Officials said they are investigating a massive fire at a plastics plant in Wharton County Sunday.

A fire and chemical leak at a chlorine plant near Lake Charles, Louisiana, is under control Friday after catching fire in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura. Precautionary shelter-in-place orders are still in effect for Sulphur, Westlake and Moss Bluff. Video from Sky 2 showed smoke coming from the BioLab plant near Interstate 10. KPLC-TV reported that crews were spraying water on the area of the chlorine leak in order to dilute the chemical. Our priority is the safety and well-being of the Lake Charles community of which we are a part.