Deer Park In Texas Orders Residents To Shelter Indoors After Chemical Fire

MATT STEVENS, NY Times: Science
Thu, 03/21/2019 - 8:04am

Officials said they were concerned about the levels of benzene in the air after a large fire erupted at a storage tank on Sunday.

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