Terrifying footage shows an enormous cloud of thick black smoke after a fire at a major oil facility in Mexico. Three fires broke out on Thursday at different facilities and the US operated by state-owned Mexican oil company Pemex.
In a video from Veracruz, Mexico, an enormous pillar of black smoke is seen billowing from the oil storage facility.
Five people were unaccounted for after the fire, and three others were sent to hospital, the company said in a statement.
Pemex confirmed in a later statement on Thursday evening that a separate fire at its Minatitlan refinery, also in Veracruz, was under control after injuring five people.
That fire had not interrupted the refinery’s operations, Pemex said, adding that “it is presumed that the possible cause of the fire was product runoff on a hot surface”.
A third fire was also reported Thursday by a community alert at a unit at Pemex’s Deer Park, Texas, oil refinery.
It later updated with an all-clear notification.
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