LONGVIEW, TX --- A leak discovered during routine monitoring at Eastman Chemical causes the company to shut down one of their crackling plants.

The leak was discovered Wednesday in their crackling plant No. 3.

Eastman officials say the leak occured in one of their cooling towers in the plant and they took immediate action to prevent any damage.

The leak is currently being fixed and officials expect the plant to be back up and running in the next few days.

Production is not expected to effected.