Overview

• The fire erupted at about 12:25 p.m. on June 14 at the Galveston Bay facility near 5th Avenue South and 25th Street South.
• Officials issued a shelter-in-place order from Highway 146 to Bay Street, advising residents to close doors and windows and shut off heating or cooling systems.
• Marathon Petroleum confirmed there have been no injuries and all refinery personnel are accounted for.
• Texas City Fire Department units and Marathon’s trained response teams are on scene containing the blaze and deploying air quality monitors.
• Investigators have been dispatched to determine the cause of the fire, but no definitive origin has been identified.