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Refinery Catches Fire

By The Moscow Times

The Moscow Oil Refinery resumed operations after a fire at a distillation unit last night, Interfax cited an unidentified official as saying Wednesday.

The fire, which broke out at 2:45 a.m. Moscow time, has been extinguished and the affected unit is working, the service said. 

(Bloomberg)


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