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Mitsui Petrochemical Unit Under Investigation After Massive Fire Raged For Days

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According to a report by Reuters, on Wednesday, officials said that state and local investigators have begun probing a petrochemical storage company outise Houston where a massive fire fed by giant tanks of fuel burned for days, billowing acrid smoke that could be seen for miles. Reuters reports that the state's environmental regulator said that it has begun an investigation into the incident. In the last 16 years, the agency has reportedly cited intercontinental Terminals for violations of state air-emissions rules 39 times.

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