Texas City Declares Shelter-In-Place Due To ‘Chemical Release’ At Refinery
Credit:https://www.galvestoncountytx.gov/
Officials in Texas City, Texas, issued a shelter-in-place order following a chemical release at a refinery on Sunday morning.
An alert about the Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery situation was shared on city social media just after 9 a.m. local time.
In their statement, officials called the event a “chemical release” but did not elaborate or give further details.
Out of an abundance of caution, the shelter-in-place remains in effect for the area south of FM-519 to the Texas City Y, due to an incident in progress at Marathon GBR.
There are no residential areas affected, and no air monitoring readings that indicate danger to life or health pic.twitter.com/ePryHdqcMu
— City of Texas City (@CityofTexasCity) December 17,
