A massive explosion at a chemical plant in Shepherd, Texas caused a large fire and engulfed the area with thick, black smoke, prompting evacuations and a shelter-in-place order for the area.
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00:10 We don't have an official statement.
00:20 We're gonna send something out after we get investigations done.
00:24 We have preliminary investigations done on what initially happened, but
00:28 we wanna verify everything.
00:29 The last thing we need is a bunch of misinformation.
00:31 We've been a part of the community since 2014.
00:34 We employ almost 40 people, and our biggest focus right now, and
00:39 what we're grateful for is that every one of those people are gonna be home eating
00:42 dinner with their family tonight.
00:44 We do have one employee that got hurt.
00:46 He's being treated for minor burns at Memorial, so he's in good hands.
00:51 He's being taken care of well, and that's really our biggest focus.
00:54 The other thing, I'm here as a resource, but really,
00:57 the first responders have done an amazing job getting everything organized.
01:00 They've been very cautious.
01:01 They've made sure that everyone is safe.
01:03 We've been overly cautious about the situation.
01:06 We do oil-filled chemicals.
01:07 We do paint coatings chemicals.
01:09 Hazardous materials, yes, but
01:11 it's the type of material you probably have under your kitchen sink.
01:13 It's not to be taken lightly, obviously, from what you see behind us.
01:18 It's not to be taken lightly, but we've been doing it well for a long time, and
01:22 we've always just wanted to be a positive part of the community.
01:25 And moving forward, we're gonna do everything that we can to make sure that
01:29 anyone who has questions, anyone who wants to know what happened, what's going on,
01:33 we wanna be open.
01:34 We've been here a long time.
01:35 We plan on rebuilding.
01:36 We plan on being a positive part of the community for a very long time.