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Baytown Fire Department lifts shelter-in-place, fire under investigation

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Published  June 12, 2025 9:41am CDT
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Baytown shelter-in-place lifted following tank fire

Baytown shelter-in-place lifted following tank fire

A fire broke out at a tank at Trek Resources, Inc. in Baytown on Thursday morning, prompting a significant emergency response.

The Brief

    • A fire broke out at a tank at Trek Resources, Inc. in Baytown on Thursday morning, prompting a significant emergency response.
    • Shelter-in-place orders for the nearby Evergreen Fairways and Trinity Oaks subdivisions have been lifted after air quality was deemed safe.
    • No injuries were reported, and the cause of the fire is currently under investigation by officials.

BAYTOWN, Texas - The shelter-in-place orders for the Evergreen Fairways and Trinity Oaks subdivisions in Baytown have been lifted.

Baytown Tank Fire

What we know:

The Baytown Fire Department was dispatched to a fire near the 2400 block of Causeway Road, off of Evergreen Road, around 7:40 a.m.

A tank fire was found at Trek Resources, Inc. 

There are no fire hydrants in the area, so mutual aid was provided by water tankers from Cove, Beach City, and Crosby Volunteer fire departments.

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(Source: Baytown Fire Department)

Foam trucks were requested from Harris County Hazmat and ExxonMobil to help with suppression efforts.

The Baytown Fire Department’s Hazmat team continuously monitored the air and issued the shelter-in-place as a precaution.

The shelter-in-place was lifted after air quality readings showed no hazardous levels.

Baytown Fire officials say there were no injuries reported, and the cause of the fire is under investigation.

The Source: Information in this article is from the Baytown Fire Department.

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