State environmental regulators are investigating a facility that caught fire near Odessa a couple of months ago that allegedly led to oilfield-related chemicals and liquids spilling into a local neighborhood.
Driving a golf cart along her property, Ruth Douthit points to where sludge washed out of Permian Basin Containers after it caught fire earlier this summer. The 69-year-old lives right behind the facility with her husband and has been dealing with the consequences from the chemical fire for months.
“See, all the weeds died,” she said, pointing to a stained piece of ground glistening in the sun. “Look, you can see the oil.”…