Human remains found in vehicle involved in Texas pipeline fire

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Human remains found in vehicle involved in Texas pipeline fire

Police in Deer Park, Texas, have confirmed that human remains have been recovered from a vehicle that crashed into a natural gas pipeline on Monday, sparking a fire that continues to burn.

“Medical examiners will now begin working through the identification process, which will take some time,” according to a social media post posted by the Houston suburb.

The explosion and fire involved an above-ground valve station on a 20-inch (51-centimeter) pipeline operated by Energy Transfer LP. The adjacent municipality of La Porte said on X that the fire was expected to be extinguished later Thursday when infrastructure repairs were completed.

La Porte — an industrial suburb about 40 miles east of downtown Houston — has the largest concentration of chemical plants in the world. Natural gas liquids are components of the gas stream, such as ethane, propane, and butane.

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