>> KPRC, 2 news begins right
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>> Good afternoon. We’re going
to go ahead and interrupt
programming to bring you some
breaking news. This is
happening near Deer Park
outside of Deer Park. Take a
look at your screen. Sky 2 is
live right now. And right now
we are receiving a preliminary
report that some type of
explosion happened at an
industrial plant at 5900 state
Highway
2.25. responding units can see
the fire from the freeway.
This is all according to the
Harris County, a fire marshal’s
office. And take a look.
That plant right there fully
engulfed in flames. We can see
that thick, black smoke, but
inside those flames billowing
in almost seeming as if they’re
of the blowing out higher and
The longer they they they stay.
There is one of the longer this
goes again, this is a plant
fire near Deer Park. We just
got word of this probably about
10 minutes or so ago. And right
now, Harris County, the fire
marshal, lots of different
agencies are responding to this
plant right now. We’re trying
to find out exactly which plan
this is. But again, this is
outside of the Deer Park area
in industrial plant. And again,
5900 state Highway 2.25.
sky 2. They’re on the scene
right now and we don’t know how
many people or artwork right
now in at this point. We don’t
know exactly how this explosion
occurred, but with so many in
this type of industry in the
area, we know that a lot of
no, exactly the dangers that
take place when we see
something like this. And you
can see right now there are
firefighters there. There are
crews who are our spring, that
water on it. And oftentimes in
cases like these in most cases
like these, these plants have
their own fire departments.
They have their own people to
respond. But of course, they
will take the outside agencies
help whenever they get a chance
to just take a look right now,
you can see a number of
different vehicles. They’re
trying to fight this, trying to
put this out. We see some
flames approaching a van and we
would have to assume
that that a van that belongs
to either employee who works.
There were perhaps a manager.
But right now that that is not
moving in, those flames are
approaching that van closer
and closer. So that could be
going up pretty quickly as
well. Right now we probably
what is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
different hoses spring. This
fire right now. Don’t know how
much good it’s doing at this
point. We some good because
again, that that smoke right
there you can see is just very,
very thick and black. And
that’s telling us right now
that the this this fire, you
can see those flames in the
middle as well.
We get to the point where we
can tell they are making some
good progress is when that
thick black smoke turns white.
But we don’t see any whiteness
in any of that smoke right now.
This is a fully Engel fire
taking place right now. And
just look inside of that black
smoke. You see those flames
just shooting hired high.
It seems in a case like this
again, we don’t know the cause.
We don’t know exactly what
exploded, but that that fire is
continuing to be fed by
whatever the fuel sources,
because you can see those
flames just just looking up in
the air just over and over
again. And that’s a doesn’t
look like that’s going to stop
anytime soon. if you’re just
now joining us, this is an
industrial plant. We’ve gotten
word of some type of explosion
at this plant at the in the
address is 5900 state Highway
2.25. and the Harris County
Fire Marshal’s They obviously
know about They have units who
are standing by. But some of
those those vehicles that we
saw, those look to be a
vehicles that actually belonged
to the plant itself. I know
our producers and our
assignment desk right now
working to find out exactly
which plant this is. We don’t
want to give you that
information if we don’t know
for sure. But my goodness.
Take a look. We don’t know how
many employees, how many
workers are there right now.
We don’t know if anyone might
have been injured in this
explosion, you can see that
this fire is being fueled right
now. It doesn’t appear at this
point from our vantage point in
the experience that we we have
in and seeing these the source
of the fire is is is being tamp
right now at this moment, at
least so where right now, we’re
obviously hoping that everyone
there at that plant is safe.
We do see that the at least on
the interior that whoever owns
this plant, they have like many
plants. As I mentioned before,
they have their You know,
proves that respond to an
incident like this and it
looked to be we didn’t see any
fire engines that were that
were showing that they belong
to any counties were already
cities. So they were they were
white vehicles. And it looked
as they probably belonged to
whoever owns this plant.
And so they’re going to they
know how to to to these
incidents. But right now it
seat not that they’re being
overwhelmed, but they certainly
have their work cut out for
them because as you can see,
that that smoke is not getting
any any lighter. And you can
still see those flames just
billowing as as as as time goes
by. So we’re going to as much
information as we right now.
Sky to just gets a gets around.
Gives you another vantage
point. But but we’ve got
reports of this explosion
probably now about 10 or 15
minutes ago. And again, some
type of explosion at this
industrial plant in this is
against a highway to 25 outside
of Deer Park. And so we’re
going to, you know, find out
all the details. Find out
exactly what plant it We know
that our investigators will
be digging to figure out.
Exactly, you know, how many
employees might have been when
this occurred? And our hope, of
course, is that everyone is
And, you know, you never want
to see any kind incident like
this. But first and foremost,
we hope that everyone is safe
is is a sky to get to another
look around at some of crews
that are that are fighting this
fire.
I can write Frank, you’re here.
Yeah, I just wanted to add I
can pick this up on my radar.
>> The signature of that smoke
and it happened to at least get
the signature it to 56. Okay.
So even though the actual
explosion may have happened a
little earlier than that, just
to get a scan on it. But to
56 is when we start to get it.
And it’s pretty clear that
there’s a light wind out of
the south at about 5 to 10
miles an hour. But you can look
at that smoke with those
distant shots that we’ve seen
and is clearly moving north.
Look at that and north but very
slowly, it’s not it’s not being
pushed very quickly. But if
you’re north of 2.25, that’s
the direction that that smoke
in any fumes associated with it
are going to be and hopefully
no dangers. But that’s going to
be north of 2.25, as you said,
we haven’t heard of any
shelters in place, but I’m
getting a a smoke plume, at
least And so it’s on our radar
all the way to I-10. So from
2.25, to I-10 were getting at
least some of that smoke
already reaching that part of
the area on the on the east
side. So that
would include almost a
Channelview and certainly up
around Baytown and continuing
off toward the north of I-10
now you said that it was a heat
signature that you can see it
to fit. What I’m saying, what
you know, what I’m seeing is
from what the radar sends out a
beam and that’s reflected back
by anything.
Usually raindrops but smoke and
reflected back. I call a heat
signature doesn’t look at the