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Duncan Murray and Nick Wilson

Fresh fuel supply fears hosed down after refinery blaze

Fire crews battled a ferocious blaze at the Geelong refinery after reports of explosions and flames. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

A major fire at one of Australia's two oil refineries won't lead to fuel shortages, authorities say, with additional imports tipped to make up for the production shortfall.

The fire broke out at the Corio site, southwest of Melbourne, about 11pm on Wednesday and took fire crews almost 12 hours to extinguish.

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