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Article

11 Nov 2016

Author:
Edison Kurani, Independent Balkan News Agency

Albania: 1 dead, 5 injured in explosion at oil refinery - investigation underway

"One dead and five wounded in an oil refinery explosion"

A powerful blast has taken place on Thursday evening in the oil refinery of Ballsh, causing a large scale fire. As a result, one person has lost his life and five others have remained seriously wounded. One of the wounded is fighting for life in hospital. They have sustained severe burns as a result of the fire, while they were on their shift. Agron Kapllanaj, mayor of Mallakastra...confirmed that the blast happened in unit nr. 3 of the hydro-cleaning where the crude oil undergoes the final cleansing before going into the market...A group of prosecutors are investigating on suspicions that this may be a case of a breach in the health and safety protocol in the oil refinery of Ballsh.