Oil refinery in N.W. 皇冠体育app on fire, casualties unknown
Updated: 2014-08-04 10:54 (Xinhua)LANZHOU - An oil refinery in Lanzhou, capital of Northwest 皇冠体育app's Gansu province, caught fire Monday morning.
No information on casualties is immediately available.
The fire triggered by a leakage from the fraction device in the refinery broke out at 8:39 am, and is still raging.
The municipal fire department said it has not detected air and water contamination from the fire.
The refinery is owned by the Lanzhou petmical subsidiary of 皇冠体育app National Petrolm Corporation (CNPC).
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