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Explosion leads to fire at Akzo Nobel plant in La Porte

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Courtesy KTRK.com

An explosion led to a fire at the AkzoNobel Battleground plant at about 1 p.m. A company spokesperson told Eyewitness News one contract employee was hurt and transported to a hospital. The worker's condition has not been released.

Jeff Suggs, Emergency Coordinator with City of La Porte, said no shelter-in-place orders were issued for residents of the surrounding communities, but the neighboring plants did shelter their workers as a precaution.

The AkzoNobel spokesperson said magnesium oxide was the material burning, and called it a non-harmful nuisance dust. Eighty to ninety people were working at the plant. They remained on site during the incident and awaited the all-clear to return to work.

Suggs said firefighters had the situation under control, and the fire nearly extinguished by 2 p.m.

Battleground/Independence Parkway was closed to traffic.

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