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Chemical facility explodes outside of Houston

Explositon site outside HoustonThere are reports of an explosion occuring about 11:45am at Enterprise Products in Mont Belvieu, Tx just east of Houston. 

So far, I’ve seen no reports about possible injuries or deaths, but the photos are daunting.

Explosion and fire at Houston chemical plantEnterprise owns a state of the art gasoline additive production facility that has been modified to produce isooctane, a motor gasoline octane enhancement additive used in reformulated motor gasoline blends to increase octane, and isobutylene.