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.

A vehicle crashed into a gas pipeline valve near Houston, exploding into a tower of flame that has burned for days. Investigators are now looking into whether it was more than an accident.

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

A pipeline fire that forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in suburban Houston is burning for a third day, with no clear end in sight.

A fire that burned for four days after pipeline explosion in a Houston suburb has finally gone out, city officials say

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,

LA PORTE, Texas – A pipeline explosion near Houston erupted in a towering flame over neighborhoods for hours on Monday, forcing evacuations and shelter orders and melting playground equipment as firefighters struggled to keep nearby homes from burning.