Fire at Brazil’s third-largest refinery injures six people

SAO PAULO: Brazil's state-controlled Petrobras oil company said that six workers have been injured in a fire at a refinery in the state of Sao Paulo.

Petrobras in a statement said that it is investigating what caused Thursday's fire at the Henrique Lage refinery in the city of Sao Jose Campos. It is Brazil's third largest refinery, with a capacity to refine 250,000 barrels of oil per day.

It said that the fire was quickly extinguished and that the refinery is operating normally.

Two of the injured were listed in serious but stable condition.

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