Fire at refinery injures two
A fire at LyondellBasell's oil refinery on the Houston ship channel broke out yesterday afternoon. The blaze, which started in a crude distillation unit, sent huge plumes of black smoke into the air. The fire burned for more than an hour
Two firefighters were injured while fighting the fire, suffering heat exhaustion.
The refinery is the country's 16th largest, and refines 268,000 barrels of oil per day. An incident in July 2008 at the facility involving a crane killed four workers.
Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the fire and continue to assess the extent of damage to the refinery.
