The fire occurred at a heater within the refinery's Hidros 1 plant, a hydrotreater that uses hydrogen to remove impurities in the refining process, Pemex said in a statement. Mexico's state-run Pemex has extinguished a fire at its Tula refinery,…
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese authorities say they've ended the search for the remaining missing in a massive chemical warehouse explosion last month. The move sets the final death toll at 173 in China's worst industrial disaster in years. The announcement…
BEIJING (AP) — An ammonia leak sickened 20 people in central China on Friday, including five with severe symptoms, local officials said. No deaths were reported. Authorities in Pingdingshan city said in a statement that about 300 kilograms (660 pounds)…
Chemicals in the Tianjin explosion exceeded permitted amounts and were stored improperly The recent blast in Tianjin port and other Chinese chemical plant accidents have prompted an overhaul of the country’s approach to safety amid accusations of corruption and mismanagement.…
A newly released study attributed the meltdown of a Japanese nuclear plant following a 2011 tsunami to a "cascade of industrial, regulatory and engineering failures." A massive earthquake off the coast of Japan in March of 2011 triggered a tsunami…
MOSCOW: A fire at Rosneft's Komsomolsk oil refinery in Russia's Far East has been extinguished, the refinery's press service said in an emailed statement on Wednesday. The fire broke out at a pumping unit and nobody was injured, it said.…
MADRID (AP) — Spanish officials say one person has died and at least three others are seriously injured after two explosions at a chemical and fuel factory outside the southeastern town of Almeria. A police spokeswoman said the blasts happened…
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese prosecutors have detained 11 government officials and company executives over a massive warehouse explosion that killed at least 145 people in the country's worst industrial disaster in recent years. A notice on the national prosecutor's website…
Footage has emerged showing the moment a massive blast at a natural gas pipeline tore through the outskirts of Uzbekistan's capital, Tashkent. https://youtu.be/ttkP-rGpf7A Terrified drivers watched as the huge fireball rose into the night sky late on Tuesday, turning it…
The fire on Saturday night was put out after about five hours and authorities said no contamination has been detected, Xinhua said. The cause of the explosion is still unknown, and the area is still under investigation. The explosion occurred…
