Marathon said in a statement that there have been no reports of injuries.
TEXAS CITY, Texas — A fire has broken out at a Marathon Petroleum refinery in Texas City, emergency officials say.
The Texas City Office of Emergency Management (OEM) first posted about the fire at 12:25 p.m. The refinery is located on 5th Avenue South east of 25th Street South.
The Texas City Fire Department is at the scene and air monitoring is being conducted.
The city said on social media that officials are closely monitoring the situation. The Texas City OEM said a shelter-in-place order was lifted at 2:14 p.m.
Marathon said in a statement that there have been no reports of injuries.
Read Marathon’s full statement:
“Trained teams are responding to a fire at Marathon’s Galveston Bay refinery. At this time, there have been no reports of injuries and all personnel are accounted for. Air monitoring is being deployed in the community as a precaution. The safety of responders, workers and the community is our first priority as we respond to the situation.”
The Texas Department of Emergency Management said in a statement they are aware of the incident and their personnel responded to the scene to help first responders.
From Air 11, firefighters could be seen working to put out the fire.
A viewer sent KHOU 11 this video of the fire:
This is a developing story that will be updated as we learn more.