The Deer Park Police Department said the incident involving a vehicle that crashed into a natural gas pipeline in Houston, Texas and ignited a massive fireball is now a criminal investigation.

Fire involving a pipeline carrying natural gas liquids must burn itself out, its operator said, which could take until Tuesday A massive pipeline fire sent a pillar of flame towering over some Houston suburbs on Monday as first responders evacuated a surrounding residential area and tried to keep nearby homes from catching on fire.

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