Incident Report

Subject:                   Hungary - Bitumen Tank Fire MOL

Date of Email report:   Thu 28/06/2012

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An explosion shook the Zalaegerszeg refinery of Hungarian oil and gas group MOL on Tuesday, the county’s directorate for disaster management told local newswire MTI.

MTI learned that those living in the neighbourhood of the refinery first heard a blast then they saw a column of smoke rising to the sky above the plant. One of the containers of the refinery is still blazing. Several fire engines are on the spot, trying to extinguish the fire.

On 18 May this year, a 1,000-cubic-metre container filled with bitumen burst into flame at Zalaegerszeg refinery at dawn, when its upper section cracked.

Automatic emergency systems operated well and the fire was soon extinguished by local staff. There were no personal injuries, and the fire has been extinguished. The value of the damage exceeded HUF 10 m, MOL said on its website.

 

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