PDVSA Working to Extinguish Fire at El Palito Naphtha Tank
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Petroleos de Venezuela SA, the state oil company, is working to extinguish a naphtha tank fire at its El Palito refinery after putting out another blaze at a separate tank, Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said.
The fires were triggered by lightning that struck a seal on the tanks at 7:30 p.m. yesterday during a rainstorm, Ramirez said in a telephone call broadcast on state television. Trucks are using foam to extinguish the second fire, he said late yesterday.