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April 1, 2011

Inferno at German oil refinery

Thanks to Abhay Gujar for sending information on a major fire in a ship which was being loaded with gasoline in Germany. The article mentions the following:
"A police spokesman in the town of Lingen an der Ems, in the northwestern state of Lower Saxony, confirmed a series of massive explosions rocked the ship near an oil refinery on the Dortmund-Ems canal where the ship was being loaded late on Monday evening. A significant amount of fuel leaked out, with firefighters spending hours trying to tackle the blaze. Eventually, they brought the flames under control, preventing them from spreading to fully-loaded tankers nearby. All five crew members on the ship escaped the inferno, according to police, although one of the men suffered minor injuries".
Read the article and see photos in this link.

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