🚨#BREAKING: Large fire at the Oxy Vinyls plant in Texas

📌#LaPorte l #Texas

Right now multiple Emergency crews at the scene as they battle a large fire at the Oxy Vinyls plant reports of multiple explosions so far no injuries have been reported

🚨#BREAKING: Multiple Hazmat crews are on the scene due to a hazardous chemical leak of phosgene gas

📌#LaPorte | #Texas

Multiple hazmat crews and emergency personnel are at the scene of a chemical leak emergency at Altivia Specialty Chemicals plant in La Porte, Texas. The situation has led to a shelter-in-place. According to plant officials, phosgene gas, a colorless gas with a suffocating odor like musty hay has leaked. Exposure to phosgene may cause irritation to the eyes, dry burning throat, vomiting, cough, foamy sputum, breathing difficulty, chest pain, and, when in liquid form, frostbite. Workers may be harmed from exposure to phosgene, which is used in the manufacture of chemicals, pesticides, and pharmaceuticals.