CHINA: Explosion and fire in one of China's largest oil refineries sends plumes of smoke into the sky

Record ID: 572753

  • Title: CHINA: Explosion and fire in one of China's largest oil refineries sends plumes of smoke into the sky
  • Date: 10th May 2010
  • Summary: SHANGHAI, CHINA (MAY 9, 2010) (REUTERS) SMOKE BILLOWING FROM GAOQIAO OIL REFINERY BLACK SMOKE REFINERY TOWER MORE OF BLACK SMOKE BILLOWING POLICE AND SOLDIERS CORDONING OFF TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CORDONED OFF ON ROAD LEADING TO REFINERY PEOPLE LOOKING ON (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) WITNESS, ZHANG YINGQUAN, SAYING: "At 11:20 am (0320 GMT), there was a big fire and lots of smoke was coming out. The people from the local fire department did not even have their lunch, they threw down everything and they quickly made their way here. There were so many fire trucks coming here." EXTERIOR OF OIL REFINERY FIREMEN WALKING THROUGH GATE OF OIL REFINERY FIRE TRUCKS PARKED OUTSIDE POLICE CARS OUTSIDE OIL REFINERY SMOKE SMOKE BILLOWING FROM OIL REFINERY MORE OF SMOKE
  • Embargoed: 25th May 2010 13:00
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  • Location: China
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
  • Reuters ID: LVABY1VRUJX30PUHLL21M2R8HEFK
  • Story Text: An explosion and fire at a storage tank at the state-owned Gaoqiao oil refinery in Shanghai's industrial Pudong sent plumes of smoke into the sky on Sunday (May 9).
    The fire was at a 1,000-tonnes naphtha storage tank, a Sinopec media officer told Reuters, adding that there would be no impact on production.
    The explosion occurred around 11:23 a.m. (0323GMT) according to the Gaoqiao district fire fighting department.
    Firefighters and two dozen fire trucks rushed to the scene to attempt to put out the blaze, witnesses said.
    "At 11:20 am (0320 GMT), there was a big fire and lots of smoke was coming out. The people from the local fire department did not even have their lunch, they threw down everything and they quickly made their way here. There were so many fire trucks coming here," said Witness, Zhang Yingquan.
    The 230,000 barrel-per-day refinery is one of China's largest.
    It is owned by Sinopec, China's largest oil refining corporation.
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