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Massive blast at Humber oil refinery

An explosion has ripped through the Conoco oil refinery on the Humber estuary.

Massive blast at Humber oil refinery

Mon, 16 Apr, 2001 - 16:11

An explosion has ripped through the Conoco oil refinery on the Humber estuary.

The fire service says the blast at the South Killingholme refinery near Grimsby involved large quantities of petroleum gas and petrol.

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