The La Porte Office of Emergency Management, citing information from pipeline owner Energy Transfer, announced the blaze had been extinguished late Thursday. The office said in a statement posted to X that Spencer Highway will remain closed from Luella to Canada Road until the area is completely secured.

Officials say human remains have been 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.

The white SUV drove through a fence on the west side of the Walmart parking lot and struck an above-ground pipeline valve around 10 a.m. Monday. A fire erupted and residual product from the isolated pipeline has continued to burn off.