What happened

A contract crew cleaning residual crude oil from the bottom of a storage tank at Magellan's Corpus Christi terminal was working when a spark ignited a fire that erupted roughly 40 minutes later. Seven contract workers with Shelton Services were injured, six treated and released, and one later died. This is a bulk fuel-storage-terminal incident, distinct from a refinery, and was accidental, not an attack.

When cited sources give different casualty, damage or spill figures for this event, they’re reported side by side above rather than merged into one number. See how confidence levels work.