Human Remains Found Inside SUV Linked to Pipeline Fire in Houston Suburbs

The fire has been burning for four days. Authorities say the case is now a criminal investigation.

A massive pipeline fire burns after a vehicle drove through a fence along a parking lot and struck an above-ground valve in La Porte, Texas, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP

Officials in a Houston suburb said Thursday that human remains were found inside an SUV that hit an aboveground valve on a pipeline, sparking a fire that has been burning for four days.

Authorities were able to access the site around 7 a.m. on Sept. 19 as the fire subsided, the City of Deer Park, Texas, announced in a statement, allowing them to remove the white SUV associated with the incident.