NOTABLEA fire broke out on the evening of October 6, 2026 at Plant B of Dow's Freeport, Texas facility, affecting the Polyethylene 5, 6, and 7 units. A resulting facility upset caused flare outages that released over 4,000 pounds of gases and hydrocarbons (including ethylene, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxide) directly into the air over about 48 hours; the fire was contained with no injuries reported.source → https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/trending/article/dow-plant-fire-freeport-chemical-21090122.php