Fire At ExxonMobil Refinery, Four Employees Injured

Harris County Fire Marshal’s officials are investigating an overnight fire at the ExxonMobil’s Baytown refinery that left four people injured.

The fire, which started about 1 a.m. Thursday, burned well into daylight hours before the company confirmed it had been extinguished in a release sent around 9 a.m.

Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said three of the injured workers were taken to the hospital by Life Flight. One other was taken by ground ambulance.

ExxonMobil confirmed all employees have been accounted for and those who were hospitalized are reportedly stable.

The company said air quality monitoring shows ’no adverse impact’ from the fire.
Flames reportedly broke out in the part of the refinery that produces gasoline.