A fire caused by a thunderstorm at Venezuela's smallest refinery has been brought under control, a Venezuelan minister said, as the country's largest refining facilities restart following a power outage last week, according to sources.
The incident at state oil company PDVSA's 146,000-barrel-per-day El Palito refinery occurred on Wednesday when a fuel tank was struck by lightning, Interior Minister Remigio Ceballos said in a state TV broadcast late that day, without providing further details.
