on the Night of Wednesday, there has been a tremendous explosion in a power plant in the u.s. state of Texas. Three people have been injured after the powerful explosion, which was so big, that it could be seen on satellite imagery.
the Explosion occurred at about at 01.00 local time in a chemical plant in Port Neches in Jefferson County. TPC Group, which owns the plant, reports that employed 175 full-time employees at the power plant, but they do not yet know how many were at work when the explosion happened.
According to the lokalmediet The Orange Leader was the explosion so powerful that the tremors could be felt in the houses up to 60 kilometers away. And the shaking spread also to the neighboring state of Louisiana.
at the same time, has many houses with several kilometres distance away from the explosion had blown the windows out, write a second local media KFDM.
the Images also says that there is talk about a very violent explosion, and, according to KFDM expected the explosion to develop further with more powerful fires.
the Situation is thus developing so dramatically that the residents in the area are being evacuated.
The voluntary fire brigade in the Netherlands reports that as a citizen in the area all the time should keep himself updated with the situation. They explain at the same time, that the residents in the area are obliged to allow themselves to evacuate until the situation is improved.
