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HOUSTON (AP) — An oil refinery fire near the Texas coast was put out Tuesday and a shelter-in-place order was lifted following air-quality testing, hours after a large explosion at the complex shot ...

An oil refinery fire near the Texas coast was put out Tuesday and a shelter-in-place order was lifted, hours after a large explosion at the complex shot plumes of smoke into the air, officials said.

A fire at the Valero Energy Corp. oil refinery in Port Arthur has been put out and a shelter-in-place order lifted, following an explosion that erupted in flames and sent black smoke billowing into ...