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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Stuti Mishra

‘Unprecedented’ fire at Australian oil refinery threatens already dwindling petrol supplies

A fire at one of Australia’s two remaining oil refineries burned for 13 hours on Wednesday night before being extinguished, threatening petrol supplies in a country already struggling with the fallout from the US-Iran war.

The blaze broke out just after 11pm at Viva Energy’s Corio facility in Geelong, about 75km south-west of Melbourne, after multiple calls to emergency services reported explosions and flames.

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