'No serious injuries' after oil refinery explosion

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

'No serious injuries' after oil refinery explosion
Mon, 16 Apr, 2001 - 18:35

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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