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ITC Tank Fire

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Tank 80-8; view to the NW.<br />Date Taken: 3/17/2019<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 29.7300611111111<br />Longitude: -95.0897527777778<br />Tags:
Tank 80-8; view to the NW.<br />Date Taken: 3/17/2019<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 29.7304805555556<br />Longitude: -95.0898277777778<br />Tags:
Tank 80-8; view to the NW.<br />Date Taken: 3/17/2019<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 29.7306277777778<br />Longitude: -95.0898583333333<br />Tags:
Tank 80-8; view to the NW.<br />Date Taken: 3/17/2019<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 29.7312638888889<br />Longitude: -95.0899972222222<br />Tags:
View of fire from Independence Parkway, looking NW.<br />Date Taken: 3/17/2019<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 29.7296333333333<br />Longitude: -95.0899722222222<br />Tags:
Tank 80-8; view to the W.<br />Date Taken: 3/17/2019<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 29.7321138888889<br />Longitude: -95.0899888888889<br />Tags:
Tank 80-8; view to the W.<br />Date Taken: 3/17/2019<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 29.7321777777778<br />Longitude: -95.0899805555556<br />Tags:
Overview of ITC tank facility.<br />Date Taken: 3/17/2019<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 29.729625<br />Longitude: -95.090675<br />Tags:
Tank 80-8; view to the W.<br />Date Taken: 3/17/2019<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 29.7321611111111<br />Longitude: -95.0899888888889<br />Tags: sm
Tank 80-8; view to the W.<br />Date Taken: 3/17/2019<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 29.7324527777778<br />Longitude: -95.0904611111111<br />Tags: sm
Tank 80-8; view to the W.<br />Date Taken: 3/17/2019<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 29.7320972222222<br />Longitude: -95.0900333333333<br />Tags:
View in between Tanks #13 and #14, looking west.<br />Date Taken: 3/17/2019<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 29.7321611111111<br />Longitude: -95.0899888888889<br />Tags:
Fire in tank #8. Fire-fighting foam in the foreground.<br />Date Taken: 3/18/2019<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 29.7321916666667<br />Longitude: -95.0899722222222<br />Tags:
Firefighters putting foam on tanks adjacent to #8, the initial tank involved.<br />Date Taken: 3/18/2019<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 29.7333166666667<br />Longitude: -95.0917194444444<br />Tags:
Fire-fighting foam flowing off-site into a drainage ditch on the north side of the impacted area.<br />Date Taken: 3/18/2019<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 29.7332638888889<br />Longitude: -95.0935444444444<br />Tags:
Firefighters along Tidal Road, north side, spraying neighboring tanks with foam to cool tanks.<br />Date Taken: 3/18/2019<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 29.733125<br />Longitude: -95.0900888888889<br />Tags:
Plume on Monday night (36 hours after start) blocking the sun.<br />Date Taken: 3/18/2019<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 29.7331194444444<br />Longitude: -95.0898138888889<br />Tags:
View of plume from Memorial Park parking lot, north of W. Jackson Ave. Facing northeast.<br />Date Taken: 3/18/2019<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 29.70649875<br />Longitude: -95.2167111666667<br />Tags:
PRP contractor placing boom downstream of the fire.<br />Date Taken: 3/19/2019<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 29.7294006<br />Longitude: -95.0899438<br />Tags:
The ditch that flows into Tucker Bayou.<br />Date Taken: 3/19/2019<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 29.7326666666667<br />Longitude: -95.0978777777778<br />Tags:

Tank 80-8; view to the NW. Tank 80-8; view to the NW. Tank 80-8; view to the NW. Tank 80-8; view to the NW. View of fire from Independence Parkway, looking NW. Tank 80-8; view to the W. Tank 80-8; view to the W. Overview of ITC tank facility. Tank 80-8; view to the W. Tank 80-8; view to the W. Tank 80-8; view to the W. View in between Tanks #13 and #14, looking west. Fire in tank #8. Fire-fighting foam in the foreground. Firefighters putting foam on tanks adjacent to #8, the initial tank involved. Fire-fighting foam flowing off-site into a drainage ditch on the north side of the impacted area. Firefighters along Tidal Road, north side, spraying neighboring tanks with foam to cool tanks. Plume on Monday night (36 hours after start) blocking the sun. View of plume from Memorial Park parking lot, north of W. Jackson Ave. Facing northeast. PRP contractor placing boom downstream of the fire. The ditch that flows into Tucker Bayou. Firefighters at Independence Trail road, applying foam to burning tanks.View facing northwest. Firefighters in background applying foam to involved tank 80-14 (center). View facing west from Independence Trail road. Air monitoring Wednesday morning at site. Tanks after fire. Tanks after fire. Tanks after fire Tanks after fire Oil gathered in boom at the confluence of Tucker Bayou and the Houston Ship Channel, downstream of ITC. Air monitoring in Deer Park. Air monitoring in Deer Park. OSC Adam Adams meeting with Deer Park Mayor Jerry Mouton Oily water from site in Houston Ship Channel. The confluence of Tucker Bayou and the Houston Ship Channel as seen from the ASPECT plane. Oily water captured in a bottle along the Houston Ship Channel. EPA Team conducting water sampling in the Houston Ship Channel. EPA Team conducting water monitoring in the Houston Ship Channel Boom and sheen around the Battleship Texas. The water sampling team in air purifying respirators after detecting benzene with an UltraRae. 67 START water sampling team preparing for sampling. EPA Team conducting water sampling and air monitoring in benzene impacted area. Unified command team air monitoring in the community. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality member air monitoring within the community. TCEQ Water sampling TCEQ Water sampling TCEQ water sampling View of Carpenters Bayou View of channel in division C Lynchburg Reservoir San Jacinto State Park Peggy Lake with view of product at shoreline View of product along shoreline in Division D San Jacinto State Park with view of product along shoreline. Edge of Lynchburg Reservoir View of boom between Division B and Division C View of dock 4 and the mouth of Tucker Bayou. Mouth of Tucker Bayou Skimmer vessel Skimmer vessel Boom at dock 4/Tucker Bayou Boom and product at mouth of Tucker Bayou and site docks. View of ITC Site View of River Terrace Park docking station The impacted tank farm. The water sampling team collecting a sample from the Houston Ship Channel. Boom and product in Division C Water sampling at point BB-10 at the River Terrace Park bridge. A overflight view of the confluence of Tucker Bayou and the Houston Ship Channel. A view looking towards boomed areas of Division C (Old River) of the Houston Ship Channel. A view towards Division C (Old River) in the Houston Ship Channel. A view towards the east side of Lynchburg Ferry. View of boom and product in Division C Affected Division D shoreline near south of the San Jacinto Battleground State Park. Affected Division D shoreline Product has collected along the shoreline and the inlet into Bostco Bay. Affected shoreline is present near Santa Anna Bayou Marsh. A view looking towards the west at Division D shoreline. Air monitoring team within the community OSCs Fisher and Loesel Water Sampling at River Terrace Park OSCs Fisher and Loesel Water Sampling at River Terrace Park OSCs Fisher and Loesel Water Sampling at River Terrace Park An overflight view of the impacted tank farm. ITC Tank Fire incident location overflight view on 02 April 2019, facing NW. ITC Tank Fire incident location overflight view on 02 April 2019, facing W. ITC Tank Fire incident location overflight view on 02 April 2019, facing S. Boomed areas of Tucker Bayou from the The boomed ditch is parallel and to the south of Tidal Road, west of the tank farm. At this point it flows into Tucker Bayou. Product lines are visible on the fence and the electrical pole. A skimmer operating to the south of the Tidal Road Bridge in Tucker Bayou. Tucker Bayou with boom, from the USCG and EPA viewing recovery operations. The water sampling team collecting the samples to be analyzed for PFAS. EPA performing site walk across the tank farm. EPA performing site walk through the ITC tank farm. EPA site walk through the tank farm. EPA performing the site walk of the ITC tank farm. Power washing product off of the banks of Tucker Bayou. Power washing product off of the banks of Tucker Bayou. Washing the underneath Jacintoport. Measuring the product beneath Jacintoport with an oil-water interface probe. Enterprise Decontamination Staging Area. Enterprise Docks decontamination area. Enterprise docks decontamination area has been established. The impacted ditch that flows into Tucker Bayou, following a heavy rainstorm. A red eared slider in the wildlife rehabilitation house. Air monitoring for VOCs and benzene emanating from Jacintoport manhole. Decontamination of small vessels at the Enterprise Docks. Vacuum trucks operating at Bostco Skimming operations along the Bostco shoreline. The Tidal Road Bridge skimmer. Foam agitated from a recent rain storm, filling the ditch that drains into Tucker Bayou. Vacuuming product from underneath the Jacintoport docks. Measuring product levels beneath Jacintoport. Air monitoring the product beneath Jacintoport Boom placement at Jacintoport. A Jacintoport manhole that is used for monitoring and recovery. Recovery of product at Jacintoport. Recovery of product from the Jacintoport manhole. Bostco recovery operations. Bostco Recovery operations. Bostco recovery operations. Cleanup crews wash the Bostco shoreline. Vacuuming product from a Jacintoport manhole. Washing the sides of the Jacintoport docks. The Bostco shorline prior to any cleaning. The shoreline surrounding Bostco, following the completion of washing. Measuring the product level at Bostco grates. Removing hard boom from the Houston Ship Channel Vacuuming product from the Jacintoport manholes. Washing the Jacintoport dock. Cleaning of Bostco shore. Tucker Bayou and the Tidal Road Bridge looking towards the south. Catfish in Tucker Bayou. Catfish in Tucker Bayou. A turtle in Tucker Bayou. PRP Photo. ITC begins to stage metal on the pad where tank 80-15 formerly stood. PRP photo. The deconstruction of tank 80-14, which contained py-gas. PRP Aerial Image; Tank 80-15 completed. PRP Aerial Image; Tank 80-14 completed. PRP Aerial Image; Tank 80-13 completed. story map PRP photo. Deconstruction of tank 80-15. PRP photo. Deconstruction continues at tank 80-15