{"id":217639,"date":"2026-03-24T05:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T05:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/217639\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T05:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T05:12:12","slug":"smoke-pouring-out-of-port-arthur-refinery-after-reported-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/217639\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoke pouring out of Port Arthur refinery after reported explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Jefferson County Sheriff Zena Stephens has issued a shelter-in-place order for residents on the west side of Port Arthur following reports of an explosion at the Valero refinery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Videos sent in by viewers show a large fire at the refinery, with thick smoke billowing into the sky. Multiple videos circulating online appear to capture both the explosion and the fire that followed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kfdm.com\/news\/local\/breaking-explosion-reported-at-valero-in-port-arthur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/kfdm.com\/news\/local\/breaking-explosion-reported-at-valero-in-port-arthur\">KFDM News in Beaumont<\/a> sent KPRC 2 videos of the scene. Pat Sebastian also gave KPRC 2 permission to use his footage with credit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">According to the Port Arthur Police Department via Facebook, residents in the affected area are advised to shelter in place. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Officials also warn to expect road closures around Highways 82 and 87, along with traffic disruptions on surrounding roadways.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">At this time, no injuries have been reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Authorities are urging the public to continue monitoring reliable sources for updates as crews respond to the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">KFDM News in Beaumont contributed to this coverage. Read their article <a href=\"https:\/\/kfdm.com\/news\/local\/breaking-explosion-reported-at-valero-in-port-arthur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/kfdm.com\/news\/local\/breaking-explosion-reported-at-valero-in-port-arthur\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jefferson County Sheriff Zena Stephens has issued a shelter-in-place order for residents on the west side of Port&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[10451,56,58,57,66,223],"class_list":["post-217639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-beaumont","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-local","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}