LA PORTE, TX (KTRK) --
An employee at a nearby plant spotted the fire around 5am in the 10850 Strang Road, La Porte, Texas 77571. No one was inside the warehouse when the fire started, according to police.
A company truck also went up in flames. It's unclear where the fire began, whether inside the warehouse or the vehicle.
Initially, it was thought the fire started at another location owned by the company Greif, but we've learned that is not the case.
Flames are out, and the fire marshal is now on the scene.
Asked if the fire is suspicious, Harris County arson investigator James Singleton said, "The facility was secure at the time of the fire. An employee coming to work this morning discovered the fire and called 911. At this time, cause or anybody being in there is fairly undetermined, we're still looking at that."
Pollution Control was called to the fire as a precaution, but when firefighters went into the warehouse they realized that the warehouse was empty and there were no chemicals inside -- just some big, empty oil drums, according to police.
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Firefighters battled a blaze Saturday morning at a chemical plant in La Porte.
The fire broke out about 5 a.m. in a warehouse at South Coast Terminals in the 10900 block of Strang, said Kristin Gauthier, La Porte Emergency Management Coordinator.
Gauthier said no injuries were reported and no chemicals burned. She said firefighters quickly got the upper hand on the flames and contained the fire to an area inside the warehouse.
Investigators are trying to determine what sparked the blaze.
Greif at a Glance
| RIGID INDUSTRIAL PACKAGING & SERVICES |
FLEXIBLE PRODUCTS & SERVICES |
PAPER PACKAGING | LAND MANAGEMENT |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRODUCTS | Steel, fibre and plastic drums, rigid intermediate bulk containers, closure systems for industrial packaging products, transit protection products, water bottles and reconditioned industrial steel and plastic containers | Flexible intermediate bulk containers (global), shipping sacks, industrial and consumer multiwall bag products (North America) | Containerboard, corrugated sheets and other corrugated products | Timber, timberland and special use properties |
| SERVICES | Blending, filling andother packaging services, logistics and warehousing, recycling, container life cycle management | Reconditioning flexible intermediate bulk containers | Packaging services | Timberland management, consulting, wildlife stewardship, recreation, mitigation bank development |
| MARKETS | Chemicals, paints and pigments, food and beverage, petroleum, industrial coatings, agricultural, pharmaceutical and mineral, among others | Similar markets to those served by Rigid Industrial
Packaging & Services segment with an expanded presence in the
agricultural and food industries Seed, fertilizers, chemicals, concrete, flour, sugar, feed, pet foods, popcorn, charcoal and salt, primarily for the agricultural, chemical, building products and food industries |
Home appliances, small machinery, grocery products, building products, automotive components, books and furniture, as well as numerous other applications | Active harvesting and regeneration of our United States timber properties to achieve sustainable long-term yields and the sale from time to time of timberland and special use land, which consists of surplus land, HBU land and development land |