Largest oil refinery in Siberia on fire
A fire broke out on the territory of the Angarsk petrochemical plant in the Irkutsk Oblast, Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.
Source: RIA Novosti, Kremlin-aligned news agency
Details: Reports of the fire came in at 9:00 local time; it was extinguished at 13:17, in an operation that took more than 100 people and 25 pieces of equipment.
Early reports claimed that there were no casualties.
The causes of the fire have not been disclosed; the local government created a special commission and will find out why the plant caught fire.
Background: Angarsk petrochemical plant, which is a part of Rosneft [Russian energy company – ed.], is the largest company in Siberia’s east that produces petroleum products and petrochemicals. Its production capacity is 10.2 million tonnes of oil per year.
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