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Fire at Arkema chemical plant in Texas causes evacuations

2017-09-02 16:46:45| Canadian Plastics Headlines

Flooding from Hurricane Harvey caused several cooling systems at the Arkema SA plant in Crosby to fail, Akrema officials said in a statement. As chemicals called liquid organic peroxides stored at the facility warmed up, they became unstable and caused an explosion on Aug. 31. The post Fire at Arkema chemical plant in Texas causes evacuations appeared first on Canadian Plastics.

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