Photo: twitter.com/JornadaEdomex
Refinery burned in Mexico
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In less than an hour, six explosions occurred on the territory of the enterprise owned by the state-owned Pemex company.
In eastern Mexico, on the night from Wednesday to Thursday, April 8, six explosions thundered at an oil refinery (refinery) Lazaro Cardenas del Rio state-owned company Pemex, after which a severe fire began at the enterprise. About it reported agency TASS.
According to reports, the first explosion occurred at 16:50 local time (00:50 Thursday Kiev time). Over the next 45 minutes, five more thundered.
The fire was fought by plant employees, as well as workers from the municipal and regional rescue services, while the military, National Guard and police officers set up a cordon.
According to Pemex, seven people were injured in the fire. We are talking about five firefighters who participated in the fight against the fire, as well as two employees of the enterprise. One of them received burns, and the other was poisoned by combustion products.
“Their condition is assessed as stable, they are being provided with the necessary assistance at the Pemex hospital in the region,” the company said.
Employees of the plant are trying to prevent further explosions. Photo: twitter.com/BOMYTAB
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A strong fire is registered inside the General Lázaro Cárdenas del Río de Pemex refinery in Minatitlán, Veracruz. The director of Civil Protection of Minatitlán, confirmed that so far there have been no injuries due to this fact.#FirstLine ???? pic.twitter.com/BBBQwhbHP7
– First Line Mx (@esprimeralinea) April 8, 2021
#NATIONAL | This is how the fire was seen at the General Lázaro Cárdenas del Río refinery in Minatitlán, Veracruz. pic.twitter.com/QEHh2FZKW3
– The Chronicle of Today (@LaCronicaDeHoy) April 8, 2021
#ZONANacional | A strong explosion was recorded at the Lázaro Cárdenas del Río refinery, in #Pemex in #Minatitlan, south of Veracruz ????????pic.twitter.com/GCXvSBG4wC
– ZONE 3 (@ zona3noticias) April 8, 2021
A strong fire is registered inside the General Lázaro Cárdenas del Río refinery in @Pemex in #Minatitlan, Veracruz. pic.twitter.com/pUOzNVj3DJ
– Citlali Piña (@citlalinoticias) April 8, 2021
Recall, at the end of March in the Indonesian village of Balongan one of the largest refineries in the country explodedowned by the state-owned company Pertamina.
As a result of the incident 950 residents had to be evacuated Balongana. The fire injured 20 people.
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