Fire crews are tackling a blaze after two people reportedly died at an oil refinery in Wales
Published: 7:19pm, 2nd June 2011
Updated: 8:36pm, 2nd June 2011
Two people have been killed in a major explosion at an oil refinery, sources said.
A tanker is believed to have exploded at Chevron, Pembroke Dock in Wales.
Fire crews have been called from across the area to tackle the blaze
Just read 2 tankers collided and both drivers died.
RIP drivers. Condolences to the families.
OUCH!..
When I 1st heard this story, I thought it was 1 of those protests gone wrong.
RIP to the guys who just go to work to provide for their family.
Thoughts to the family who thought their husband/wife/mother/father would be home for tea.
Just spoke to my dad who lives down that way, and he has a mate who works at the Chevron refinery and who was on site tonight.
He was saying that 3 blokes were working on a sulphur tank when it exploded. No idea why yet. 2 were found dead, the other is ‘unaccounted for’. Which probably means the poor bugger vaporised.
So it seems 2 road tankers weren’t involved. Although my dad had heard that report too on the radio.
It seems there was a storage tank and one road tanker involved, I am guessing he was tipping Molten Sulphur while someone was working on the plant.
af.reuters.com/article/energyOil … 02?sp=true
This is a sample of the Molten Sulphur Hazard Warning on a library photo, Not Company Specific
There are already fears that the price of fuel will rise as the stock market got news of the explosion