| There were reports early Thursday of explosions at a chemical plant in Crosby, about 30 miles northeast of downtown Houston. |
| Arkema, a French chemical group, said in a statement that there were two explosions around 2 a.m., and a risk of further blasts at the site. |
| The Arkema plant manufactures organic peroxides, which are used in making plastic and other materials. When the chemicals warm, they start to decompose, which creates more heat and can quickly lead to a rapid, explosive reaction. Some organic peroxides also produce flammable vapors as they decompose. |
| The plant was shut down last Friday in anticipation of the storm. |
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With all sincerity this is the kind of thing that will happen more often with Trump getting rid of the Obama era legislation requiring careful planning of buildings within flood areas. Sure, it cuts down the time needed to construct but at what cost? The widespread devastation of Harvey could not be predicted but we can at least learn from this in the future.
It was built during obama era. Unlike Obama Trump is with the people and putting them up in his hotels for free costing him millions. READ other news sites then propaganda machines. It will prevent you from sounding stupid. Hate Trump but love his policies
Troll!
Funny how those peroxides just can't hang onto that extra oxygen atom.
Thank you President Trump for helping and sending all recourses to this area.
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