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Explosion at illegal oil refinery in Nigeria kills over 50

5:11am April 24, 2022

by The Associated Press

More than 50 people were killed and many injured when an explosion rocked an illegal oil refinery in southeastern Nigeria, state officials and police said Saturday.

Flames and smoke rise from the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refining complex on Friday morning. Officials said the fire had been confined but was not yet under control.

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Explosions At Philadelphia Oil Refinery Send A Giant Ball Of Fire Skyward

2:12pm June 21, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

The blasts were the result of a fire that is "confined and being addressed, but it is not under control," a Philadelphia fire official said. The incident prompted a brief shelter-in-place order.

Thick plumes of smoke rise from the Husky Energy oil refinery in Superior, Wis., which was hit by an explosion and a series of fires on Thursday.

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Emergency Evacuation Finally Lifted After Huge Oil Refinery Fire In Superior, Wis.

9:39am April 27, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The evacuation zone had extended for miles. The Canadian-owned refinery processes crude from the Canadian tar sands in Alberta and from North Dakota's Bakken shale oil fields.