A plume of smoke rises in the air following a fire at the Intercontinental Terminals Co (ITC) petrochemical storage site in City, Texas, on Tuesday, March 19, 2019. (Photo: Scott Dalton/Bloomberg)
Firefighters confronted with the worst Gulf Coast industrial disaster in 14 years had to call on outside sources to augment their supply of the special foam required to extinguish chemical blazes.
Proper equipment, personnel in place?
Intercontinental Terminal Co. confirmed it appealed to other companies for foam during the fire that erupted on March 17 and ravaged its chemical storage complex in Houston's eastern suburbs for four days. Almost two weeks after the calamity began, local officials are questioning whether ITC had the proper equipment and personnel in place to handle such an event.
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