With the fire substantially smaller since it began on Monday, police were able to access the area around the pipeline in Deer Park.

Human remains were found inside an SUV that authorities say hit an aboveground valve on a pipeline in suburban Houston, causing a fire that has burned for four days, officials said Thursday. With the fire substantially smaller since it began on Monday,

A pipeline fire that forced hundreds of people to flee their homes in the Houston suburbs is burning for a third day, with officials saying they don’t expect it to be extinguished until sometime Thurs

A Deer Park spokesperson said four people were injured, but provided no details about the seriousness of the injuries. One firefighter sustained minor injuries.

Three days after an SUV crashed into a liquid natural gas pipeline, starting a fire that has been burning ever since, police say human remains were recovered from the vehicle Thursday.

Over 36 hours after the blast — which shot towering flames like a blowtorch above the suburbs of Deer Park and La Porte — authorities have provided few details about the circumstances leading up to the explosion.

Evacuation orders have been lifted for residents in Deer Park, near the fire. The fire has been burning since Monday.