Sierra Club: Lake Charles Refinery Fire Underscores Dangers of Fossil Fuel Expansion
June 05, 2023
June 05, 2023
LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, June 5 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on June 4, 2023:
Over the weekend, residents of Southwest Louisiana experienced three industrial emergencies. A fire, reportedly caused by a lightning strike, burned from yesterday afternoon until early this morning at the Calcasieu Refining Company, an oil refinery in Lake Charles. The nearby community was evacuated and a shelter-in-place order was in effect for a 3 mile radius surrounding . . .
Over the weekend, residents of Southwest Louisiana experienced three industrial emergencies. A fire, reportedly caused by a lightning strike, burned from yesterday afternoon until early this morning at the Calcasieu Refining Company, an oil refinery in Lake Charles. The nearby community was evacuated and a shelter-in-place order was in effect for a 3 mile radius surrounding . . .