A huge explosion rocked Venezuela’s biggest oil refinery and unleashed a ferocious fire, killing at least 39 people and injuring more than 80 others in one of the deadliest disasters ever to hit the country’s key oil industry.

A huge explosion has rocked Venezuela’s biggest oil refinery, killing at least 24 people and injuring more than 50 others in the deadliest disaster in memory for the country’s oil industry.