THE DANGERS OF ASPHALT PLANTS: ANOTHER ASPHALT PLANT ON FIRE IN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 14 2014. AT LEAST 2 WORKERS INJURED IN ASPHALT AND CONCRETE PLANT EXPLOSION AND FIRE
An explosion at a READY MIX asphalt and concrete plant in
Missouri City has left at least two workers seriously injured. Capt. Paul Poulton, of the Missouri City
Police Department, said the explosion occurred at about 4:30 p.m. at the
American Materials asphalt facility at 2122 Highway 90. The facility is on property that includes the
CEMEX plant. The cause of the explosion is
the fumes from the asphalt tank. We have
written before about the explosive nature
of the asphalt tanks here:
THE
EXPLOSIVE DANGER OF THE ASPHALT FUMES – A REMINDER AFTER THE ASPHALT TANK
EXPLOSION AT LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
One plant employee with unknown injuries was LifeFlighted to a
local hospital, Poulton said. The status of the second is unknown. The fire has
been extinguished. Multiple units from the Houston Fire Department assisted at
the scene.
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