On
November 25, 2025, at 11:32 AM, the Louisiana State Police reported a fire at a
unit of the Westlake Plaquemine Facility in Plaquemine, Iberville Parish,
Louisiana, that houses hydrochloric acid, chlorine and ethylene dichloride. EPA
mobilized to the area to conduct community air monitoring and document the
Westlake Facility’s response efforts.
According
to the report, the cause of the fire is unknown. The Louisiana Department of
Environmental Quality and Louisiana State Police are also responding to the
incident. First responders confirm the fire was extinguished the same
afternoon.
EPA
did not detect any other measured airborne contaminants near the site, and personnel
demobilized later that day.
