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Social media reacts to KMCO plant fire

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo called it an "ongoing, dynamic, evolving situation" and that the county is continuing to monitor the air.
Credit: AIR 11

The explosion and ensuing fire at the KMCO plant Tuesday is the second such fire at a chemical plant in the past month in the Greater Houston area. 

The other was a fire at the International Terminals Company (ITC) in La Porte on March 17 that burned off and on for a week. 

The KMCO fire killed one person and injured two others who were taken by Life Flight.

Residents across the area shared their thoughts and frustrations online.

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