Six Injured After Fire at Shell Chemical Plant Near Houston
- Blast comes after Deer Park facility delayed maintenance
- Fire originiated in heat exchanger at Olefins Plant 3
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Six people have been injured after an explosion Friday at Shell Plc’s chemical plant on the Houston Ship Channel, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The blaze at the Deer Park, Texas, facility originated in a section of the plant that produces chemicals such as propylene, ethylene and butadiene that are the building blocks of plastics.