Fire at Marathon Petroleum refinery sparks Texas City alert

Fire at Marathon Petroleum refinery sparks Texas City alert

HOUSTON (KIAH) — Marathon Petroleum's Texas City, Texas refinery experienced a fire that created massive plumes of smoke on Saturday. The refinery released sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide into the air, prompting the Texas City Office of Emergency Management (OEM) to issue a shelter in place order, which they declared to be precautionary. Their air quality monitoring indicated that no harmful levels of contaminants were present. The company ha…