Glencore Unit Says Two People Dead in Oil-Refinery Explosion

  • Seven people injured in explosion, fire at Cape Town facility
  • Oil refinery had been shut down for annual maintenance

The damaged Astron Energy Ltd. refinery in Cape Town, South Africa, on July 2.

Source: South Africa Police Service

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A unit of Glencore Plc said two people died in an explosion and a fire at its oil refinery in Cape Town.