Valero Refinery Explosion in Port Arthur Triggers Shelter-in-Place Order for Residents
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March 24, 2026
A powerful explosion rocked the Valero refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, on Monday evening, sending a towering pillar of smoke into the sky and prompting local authorities to issue a shelter-in-place order for west side residents. Reports of a deafening boom that rattled car windows flooded in, with one resident describing a pervasive rotten egg […]
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