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Texas City Says BP Leak Not Dangerous

Updated: Wednesday, 04 Nov 2009, 3:00 PM CST
Published : Wednesday, 04 Nov 2009, 3:00 PM CST

    DOUG DELONY

    Texas City officials say a chemical leak at a BP facility there is not hazardous to the public.

    The leak happened around 2:30 p.m. A spokesman for Texas City Emergency Management identified the spilled chemical as naphtha, used to make mothballs.

    Winds carried fumes from the spill to a neighboring Dow facility, causing a lockdown there.

    The city says the fumes will not impact the city, and the leak was stopped soon after it happened.

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