Fort Bend County Office of Emergency Management Update on NRG Energy Plant Fire

Style Magazine Newswire | 5/9/2022, 12:34 p.m.
Short after midnight, Monday, May 9, 2022, Fort Bend County’s Office of Emergency Management, Hazmat Response Unit, and multiple fire …

Short after midnight, Monday, May 9, 2022, Fort Bend County’s Office of Emergency Management, Hazmat Response Unit, and multiple fire departments responded to a hydrogen fire at the WA Parish Power Generating Station located at 2500 YU Jones Rd, in Fort Bend County. There are no reported injuries at this time.

As of early Monday morning, Fort Bend County Emergency Response teams received reports of flames being seen coming from a building at the WA Parish Power Generation Station. Multiple agencies responded when the fire knocked the unit off-line, and emergency crews were called to the facility that is owned and operated by NRG Energy and uses coal and gas to produce power.

“There were nearly two dozen emergency crews from surrounding counties who responded and assisted our Fire Marshall and Hazmat crew with this fire. It has definitely been a team effort with our most pressing concern, of course, being for the safety of any employees and our first responders,” stated Fort Bend County Judge KP George.

Currently, the fire is under control, and emergency and fire crews are checking for hot spots and any further extensions. The cause of the fire is still undetermined.

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