La Porte’s Office of Emergency Management announced Wednesday morning that the shelter-in-place order related to a chemical release at a Dow Inc. (NYSE: DOW) location has been lifted.
However, a voluntary evacuation order remains in effect for the half-mile radius around the Dow Chemical Bayport plant at 13300 Bay Area Blvd. Road closures on Bay Area Boulevard and West Fairmont Parkway also remain in effect.
Local officials provided an update about the incident and ongoing risk at a press conference…