100,000 pounds of acetic acid released from LyondellBasell facility in La Porte, company says

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LA PORTE, Texas — Investigators are working to find out what happened in the moments leading up to a deadly acid leak at a La Porte facility.

It happened around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the LyondellBasell facility at 1515 Miller Cut Off Road in La Porte.

Two people were killed and 30 were taken to area hospitals, according to officials. Three people remain in the hospital, one of them is in serious condition,…