TEXAS CITY, Texas (AP) - Officials say nine
people have been slightly hurt in a chemical tank leak that restricted outdoor
activities in a Southeast Texas city.
Emergency authorities in Texas City lifted
the shelter-in-place order shortly after 5 a.m. Thursday in a storage tank
spill involving hydrochloric acid.
Diane Tracy with New Jersey-based Dallas
Group of America Inc. says company officials are investigating Wednesday
night's accident.
Tracy says one Dallas Group employee, four
workers with a neighboring transportation company and four firefighters were
injured. Tracy says all nine victims were treated and released from a hospital.
Homeland Security coordinator Bruce Clawson
says the victims suffered acid exposure in the leak around 11 p.m. Wednesday. A
shelter-in-place order was issued just before midnight Wednesday.
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