A chemical plant facility experienced a power outage, resulting in a flare with heavy smoke. This incident occurred on Monday afternoon. The company operating the facility reported the outage and subsequent flaring.
Heavy black smoke was visible. Further information about the incident is available from the company, which operates the TPC Group Houston Operations facility where the power outage happened.
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