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| Oil refinery explodes in Nanjing, eastern China (PHOTOS) | Oil refinery explodes in Nanjing, eastern China (PHOTOS) |
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| A powerful blast has ripped through an oil refinery in Nanjing in eastern China, but the fire has reportedly been brought under control, with no casualties, according to local media. | A powerful blast has ripped through an oil refinery in Nanjing in eastern China, but the fire has reportedly been brought under control, with no casualties, according to local media. |
| CCTV posted photos of the Jinlingshihua Nanjing Refinery in smoke on Twitter. Xinhua cited the local fire department as saying that the blast may have been caused by production equipment catching fire on Sunday afternoon. | |
| The explosion occurred at 1:51 pm local time and quickly produced thick black plumes of smoke, which were visible for miles billowing from the refinery. |