ExxonMobil refinery fire in Beaumont – 12 workers injured

Local media outlets are reporting a fire at the ExxonMobil refinery in Beaumont, Texas has injured twelve workers. At around 10:30 a.m. today, Wednesday April 17^th, a fire broke out in a process unit that was down for maintenance at the time.  ExxonMobil states the fire was quickly controlled and is no longer burning. Injuries to twelve contract workers have been reported, six of those workers were transported to area hospital for medical attention. Three of the injured victims are reported as having suffered severe burns.  An investigation into the cause of the fire is underway. The injured workers are thought to be employees of Signature Industrial Services.  Signature has an office at 9027 Blewett Road in Beaumont.

Local media coverage of the ExxonMobil refinery fire in Beaumont: ABC Channel 13 News, KHOU Houston, Channel 2 News Houston, FOX News Houston, Houston Chronicle, Beaumont Enterprise.

Update: I'm sad to be reporting that one of the contract workers injured at ExxonMobil has died from his injuries. Officials at UTMB Galveston confirmed the death of Dustin Creekmore yesterday.  Dustin died Saturday afternoon; as of Sunday April 28th, four workers remain hospitalized, two are in critical condition, two are listed as fair. According to ExxonMobil spokesperson Kathleen Jackson, officials think the fire broke out when hydrocarbons released from a heat exchanger were ignited while a processing unit was down for maintenance.

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The sprawling ExxonMobil refinery in Beaumont, Texas

Dustin Creekmore
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Kevin Roberts and Arturo Munoz injured at Exxon plant in Baytown

Two workers employed by Savage Services were injured in an incident at Exxon Mobil's Baytown plant today. Exxon officials have not said how the two workers were injured, just that they were being treated at the hospital. Darryl Roberts told Channel 2 News that his son Kevin Roberts was one of the injured workers and that Kevin had been burned over 40% of his body. Roberts said the second worker injured in the incident was Arturo Munoz, and that Arturo was burned from the waist down. Channel 11. Channel 13.

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Baytown Exxon chemical plant fire - air quality being monitored

A fire broke out in Exxon's chemical plant in Baytown at around 5:30 p.m. this evening. The plant is located at 5500 Bayway. Baytown Police say that the fire is contained within the plant, and plant officials say they are monitoring the air quality both around the plant complex and in the surrounding community. Channel 2's story is here. KHOU's story indicates that plant officials have said the refinery fire poses no threat to the public and that there is no need to shelter in place. Channel 13's story is here. FOX News' story on the plant fire is here.