Mexico’s Pemex Says Fire Under Control at Salina Cruz Refinery

Mexico’s Pemex Says Fire Under Control at Salina Cruz Refinery
Mexican state oil company Pemex fights to quell a fire in a gasoline storage tank at the Salina Cruz refinery, in Salina Cruz, in the southern Oaxaca state, Mexico, on April 16, 2022. Eduardo Barrera Zamora/Reuters
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MEXICO CITY—Mexican state oil company Pemex said on Saturday that it had brought under control a fire at its Salina Cruz refinery in the southern Oaxaca state without any injuries to personnel.

The fire, which started on Friday, had engulfed a gasoline storage tank, sending a dense plume of black smoke billowing from inside the refinery.