Two Dead, Dozens Sickened Following Chemical Leak at Texas Plant

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The Texas city of Deer Park was under a shelter-in-place order following a chemical leak at a PEMEX plant. Image courtesy of Harris County Sheriff's Office/Facebook

Two people are dead and more than two dozen others received medical treatment following a chemical leak at a PEMEX facility in the Houston suburb of Deer Park. Shelter-in-place orders had forced thousands to stay indoors.

PEMEX, a Mexican state-owned petroleum company, said in a statement that the gas leak was reported at one of its Deer Park refinery processing units, located at 5900 Highway 225, at about 4:40 PM local time.



The City of Deer Park announced the updated death toll in a statement late Thursday, adding that 35 employees were triaged at the scene. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez had earlier said one person was dead and five were injured, including one person who was airlifted from the scene by a Life Flight helicopter.

Authorities identified the agent as hydrogen sulfide, a flammable, highly toxic gas.

Texas State Highway 225 was closed in both directions near Beltway 8 because of the emergency.

PEMEX said emergency protocols were activated following the leak and notifications were sent out to local authorities.


Source:

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/10/10/Texas-plant-leak/5981728607718/

[pecosbob]

1. My old neighborhood...

[hatrack]

2. Gosh, I'll bet the TX government is cooking up THOUSANDS of dollars in fines!!!!

[hunter]

3. So, when are we going to ban fossil fuels?

[ProfessorGAC]

4. Hydrogen Sulfide!

Not good!
Not the worst thing to have leak (The published LD[lo] is 600ppm) but still highly irritating & very bad for people with any form of respiratory limitations.
It limits oxygen uptake.
I've worked with it at lab bench scale several times. Always in a hood, always with an emergency respirator hanging on my neck.