A power outage occurred at a chemical plant facility, resulting in flaring and black smoke. This incident happened on Monday afternoon. The company operating the facility reported the outage and its effects.
A flare with heavy smoke was visible. Further information about the incident is available from the company, which reported that the power outage led to the flaring at its facility, the TPC Group Houston Operations.
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