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Shelter-in-place order lifted for Texas city near chemical facility fire

Authorities on Thursday lifted a shelter-in-place order hours after warning people to stay indoors because high levels of benzene were detected in the air near a scorched petrochemicals storage facility outside of Houston. Officials in Deer Park, Texas, said there was a sustained period of improved air quality readings in the area and lifted the order late Thursday morning.
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