Nearly one million gallons of sulfuric acid leaked from an industrial facility in Channelview, Texas, early Saturday morning, with some of the chemical flowing into the Houston Ship Channel.
The incident happened at around 1:40 a.m. at BWC Terminals’ Jacintoport facility on Jacintoport Boulevard, east of Houston.
Authorities said an elevated catwalk collapsed, damaging a 6-inch sulfuric acid pipeline connected to a 25,000-barrel storage tank holding the chemical.
Initial reports described the incident as an explosion, but officials later confirmed that no explosion occurred.
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said the tank involved contained about one million gallons of spent sulfuric acid. She explained that most of the chemical was captured within the facility’s containment system, but an unknown amount entered the ship channel.
According to her, the main concern from the incident is potential environmental impact rather than immediate danger to the public.
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