Due to the heavy rains that followed the hurricane Harvey, the Arkema plant in Crosby failed the cooling system of chemicals. According to the company, it is impossible to prevent a fire.

Plant Arkema stopped work on Friday, even before the hurricane, wrote the Air Force.

However, due to heavy rainfall - 102 cm - its territory was flooded and electricity supply was interrupted, the company reported.. Standby generators are also flooded.

The plant is engaged in the production of organic peroxides, and the chemicals stored there are dangerous at high temperatures.

"Now the substances can explode and cause a powerful fire," Reuters quotes Richard Rower as the head of the company. "The high water level in the territory, as well as the lack of electricity, leave us no way to prevent this".

The consequences of the hurricane claimed the lives of at least 25 people.

Also, due to the closure of several pipelines by oil companies, energy supplies were damaged.

The US National Meteorological Service lowered the status of "Harvey" to the lowest - "tropical depression", but weather forecasters continue to predict heavy rains over eastern Texas and western Louisiana.

According to the head of Arkema, a potential fire is unlikely to spread over the territory of the plant, but residents of Harris County within a radius of one and a half miles (2.4 km) around the plant were evacuated as a precautionary measure.