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| Valero Refinery Propane Fire |
| Sunray, TX, February 16, 2007 |
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| Valero McKee Refinery, site of a major propane fire in February 2007. |
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Incident Description
On February 16, 2007, a propane fire erupted at the Valero McKee Refinery in Sunray, Texas, north of Amarillo. Three workers suffered serious burns, and the refinery was forced to shut down. The fire began following a leak in the propane deasphalting unit and spread quickly, in part because of the rapid collapse of a major pipe rack carrying flammable hydrocarbons. Some of the rack's support columns had not been fireproofed.
Investigation Status
The CSB's final report was issued at a news conference in Amarillo, Texas, on July 9, 2008.
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