A mandatory evacuation order issued after a series of explosions at a Texas chemical plant has been lifted, but the air is being monitored for chemicals and residents should watch for pieces of asbestos that might have been expelled, a county official said
Tens of thousands of residents within a 4-mile radius of the TPC Group plant in the small city of Port Neches had been told to leave their homes Wednesday after explosions at the site, which led to fires.The fires are not extinguished, but they are contained, said Jefferson County Judge Jeff Branick, who issued the evacuation order. He previously said the evacuation order would be lifted when the fires were contained, because that would give him confidence that more explosions would not come.
Chemical levels in the air tracked in the area so far are below concentrations that would trigger health concerns, according to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.Branick said Friday that residents should be on the lookout for pieces of asbestos that might have been expelled in the explosions.Part of the facility were completed in the 1940s and had pipe coverings with the fibrous substance, he said.
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