User:Freedom4U/Future articles/Marathon refinery fire
On August 25, 2023...
Background
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The Marathon oil refinery in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, was opened by Marathon Petroleum in 1977. Situated between the communities of Garyville, to the west, and Reserve, to the east, the refinery is the third-largest and "one of the most polluting" in the United States.[1] Garyville and Reserve are fenceline communities—residential neighborhoods that border industrial facitilies—and lie on a stretch of the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans known as "Cancer Alley", for the elevated risk of cancer its residence face.
Fire
[edit]On August 24, 2023
On [time], the next morning, .[2]
175 emergency calls were made during the fire.[2]
Aftermath
[edit]References
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- ^ Brown et al. 2024, 0:00–0:19 (video), web platform; Laughland, Sneath & Craft 2024
- ^ a b Laughland, Sneath & Craft 2024
Sources
- Brown, Imani Jacqueline; Pop-Jurj, Andra; Moafi, Samaneh; Richards, Joshua; Polack, Peter; Sliwinska, Natalia; Rebolino, Lucia; Abuzaid, Nour; Piscitelli, Davide; San, Kishan; Conte, Lola; Breiner, Elizabeth; Trafford, Robert; Parlamis, Isabella (2024-09-09), Chemical Fire at Marathon Refinery, Forensic Architecture, retrieved 2024-09-10
- Laughland, Oliver; Sneath, Sara; Craft, Will (2024-09-09). "The huge US toxic fire shrouded in secrecy: 'I taste oil in my mouth'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- Sneath, Sara; Dermansky, Julie (2023-09-05). "Marathon Refinery fire illustrates how industry goes quiet during a crisis". Louisiana Illuminator. Retrieved 2024-09-10.