Deer Park Shelter in Place: Officials working Level 3 incident at Lubrizol Deer Park, H2S gas release involved
A shelter in place has been issued in Deer Park following a report of an odor from Lubrizol Deer Park.
A shelter in place has been issued in Deer Park following a report of an odor from Lubrizol Deer Park.
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The city is telling residents to go indoors, close all windows, and wait for an all-clear. The city's Office of Emergency Management is tracking a Level 3 notification from the Lubrizol facility....
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Harris County Public Health says that hydrogen sulfide gas was released from Lubrizol Deer Park Tuesday evening. The City of Deer Park issued an emergency shelter-in-place alert a little after 6:30 p.m. and posted that it was still in place at 9:15 p.m. although they did say that...
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