The Houston Police Department's environmental squad is probing companies' hazmat disposal patterns before a Second Ward truck ...

Workers evacuated the natural gas well site without any injuries, according to the sheriff's office.

Crews have extinguished a fire at a Texas oil refinery after a large explosion sent plumes of smoke into the air and prompted a shelter-in-place order for nearby residents, officials said Tuesday, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A huge explosion at an oil refinery in Texas about 90 miles east of Houston forced nearby residents to shelter in place. Some ...

HOUSTON (AP) — An oil refinery fire near the Texas coast was extinguished Tuesday, and a shelter-in-place order was lifted following air-quality assessments after a significant explosion at the ...

A fire at Valero’s largest oil refinery in Texas was put out on Tuesday after an explosion prompted a shelter-in-place order for residents in the area. The explosion occurred at a refinery in Port ...

First responders fought back flames through the night after a Monday evening explosion at the Valero oil refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, triggered a 12-hour shelter-in-place order. The plume of gray ...

An explosion at a Texas natural gas or oil well site set off a large fire that was seen for miles and led to some evacuations, but caused no injuries, authorities said Tuesday.See footage from the ...