SEATTLE - An accident at a Houston-area oil refinery on Oct. 10 left at least two workers dead as a result of a hydrogen sulfide leak. It marks yet another such event in the state of Texas, the entity with the most chemical incidents in the nation.
The leak set off urgent warnings from nearby residents to stay inside their homes before authorities later determined people could go out again. Despite the mitigation of the incident, nearly three dozen people were either transported to hospitals or treated at the scene, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.
