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Several plants near Ship Channel alert public of flaring to burn off chemicals

Officials said there is no danger to the public in east Harris County.

HOUSTON — Several plants near the Houston Ship Channel alerted the public of potential flaring to safely burn off chemicals Friday morning.

One plume of smoke was seen coming from one of the plants. It was visible from across large parts of the city.

Officials said there was no danger to the public.

Here are the facilities that experienced flaring Thursday night into Friday morning:

11:38 p.m. Thursday - LyondellBasell LaPorte located at 1515 Miller Cut-Off Road in La Porte

12:05 a.m. Friday - ExxonMobil Baytown Complex at 5200 Bayway Drive in Baytown

12:45 a.m. - PEMEX Deer Park at 5900 Highway 225 in Deer Park

1:33 a.m. - Shell Chemical Company Deer Park at Highway 225 in Deer Park

2:32 a.m. - LyondellBasell Channelview Complex at 8280 Sheldon Road in Channelview

5:12 a.m. - LyondellBasell Houston Refinery at 12000 Lawndale in Houston

6:37 a.m. - Chevron Phillips Chemical Company located at 9500 Interstate 10 East

Credit: KHOU
Several plants near the Houston Ship Channel are alerting the public they are or could be flaring to safely burn off chemicals right now.

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