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Port Arthur, Tx- Valero refinery explosion

Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:06 pm
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
Mission Viejo, CA
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Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:06 pm
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
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Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:08 pm to
How the hell am I going to watch Wheel of Fortune with the damn unit burning down?
Posted by Brosef Stalin
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:09 pm to
it was so loud they heard it all the way in Lafayette
Posted by bigberg2000
houston, from chalmette
Member since Sep 2005
70687 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:11 pm to
I’m supposed to work in PA at colonial down the road from there tomorrow.
Posted by BHM
Member since Jun 2012
3937 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:11 pm to
Well, if there is a gas leak then that huge flare will certainly ignite it.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
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Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:12 pm to
quote:

How the hell am I going to watch Wheel of Fortune with the damn unit burning down?


This dude DEFINITELY has been inside a plant before
Posted by evil cockroach
27.98N // 86.92E
Member since Nov 2007
9101 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:14 pm to
Let’s get the frick to Eggheads before pig nose shows up.
Posted by billjamin
Houston
Member since Jun 2019
17621 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:14 pm to
What’s this gonna do to crawfish prices?
Posted by Tarps99
Lafourche Parish
Member since Apr 2017
12324 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:16 pm to
quote:

How the hell am I going to watch Wheel of Fortune with the damn unit burning down?

This dude DEFINITELY has been inside a plant before


My favorite are the oilfield workers that swear never to watch soaps, but they will be in the galley between 11 and noon to watch the Young and the Restless and could recite a storyline or two.
This post was edited on 3/23/26 at 7:17 pm
Posted by LSU alum wannabe
Katy, TX
Member since Jan 2004
27718 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:16 pm to
Is Valero the old “Texaco port Arthur” or is it old “Gulf Port Arthur”?
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:17 pm to
This would have never happened if Pimp C hadn't died
Posted by HeadSlash
TEAM LIVE BADASS - St. GEORGE
Member since Aug 2006
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Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:26 pm to
Great, gas going up again
Posted by TigerTatorTots
The Safeshore
Member since Jul 2009
82165 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:27 pm to
A lot of the site was down for a hydrocracker turnaround. Wonder what happened
Posted by texastiger38
Member since Sep 2007
28320 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:32 pm to
They were just coming back up, which is not an unusual time for something like this to happen.

I live about 20 min or so west and we heard the explosion

Seen it speculated it was a furnace that went boom, too much gas in the box when it got lit potentially
This post was edited on 3/23/26 at 7:35 pm
Posted by CollegeFBRules
Member since Oct 2008
25571 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:34 pm to
For all the truck nuts comments and plant baw grief, always a good reminder of just how dangerous that work actually is.
Posted by forkedintheroad
Member since Feb 2025
2049 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:35 pm to
People that video vertically need to be slapped.

People that video diagonally need to be shot.
Posted by texastiger38
Member since Sep 2007
28320 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:40 pm to
quote:

Valero the old “Texaco port Arthur” or is it old “Gulf Port Arthur”?


Gulf side
Posted by LSU alum wannabe
Katy, TX
Member since Jan 2004
27718 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:41 pm to
Thanks dad’s an old retired Texaco guy.
Posted by Nome tiger
Member since Nov 2014
180 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:55 pm to
Heard it while sitting at the ballpark in Winnie. Sounded just like thunder and my wife and I just looked at each other confused about where it came from
Posted by ChestRockwell
In the heart of horse country
Member since Jul 2021
7514 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 8:08 pm to
What about Victor and Nikki?
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