Fire at Tupras oil refinery in Turkey wounds 12 (updated)

Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS

05/11/2024 12:22

(Recasts with company statement)
       ANKARA, Nov 5 (Reuters) - A fire at the site of Turkey's
top oil refiner Tupras during work on a compressor lightly
injured 12 people in the country's northwest, the company said
on Tuesday. 
    The fire was under control and the unit was deactivated,
Tupras said in a statement, adding that the wounded were sent to
hospital in Kocaeli province. Other operations in the refinery
carried on as usual, it said. 
        An explosion occurred at the Tupras site, NTV and other
media had earlier reported. Footage showed smoke billowing from
the site near Istanbul. 
    

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Jonathan Spicer)
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