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BLAST DAMAGES TEXACO REFINERY
An explosion and fire last week at Texaco Ltd.'s 180,000 b/d Pembroke, South Wales, refinery damaged two out of 26 process units. Twenty-six workers suffered minor injuries, but none was hospitalized. The explosion occurred July 24. Early reports said the plant had been hit by lightning during a storm, causing a fire near a crude distillation column. Texaco immediately evacuated the plant. It was July 27 before the last small fires were doused and inspection teams received the all clear