From the Star – Fire at Esso refinery in Port Dickson put out after 3 hours


Anyone want to send me the confidential root cause analysis report? Call me WikiWata.

Dateline 2011-09-15:

A fire at a shore-to-ship delivery pump at the Esso oil refinery here early Thursday morning saw workers running for their lives and flames visible from 2km away.

The fire, which started about 1am, was put out about three hours later and prevented from spreading to two oil refinery tanks and a nearby LPG bottling plant, said Negri Sembilan Fire and Rescue director Saadon Mokhtar.

He added that 32 firemen and 24 fire-fighters from Esso and Shell used foam to put out the burning nafta petroleum.

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2 Responses to From the Star – Fire at Esso refinery in Port Dickson put out after 3 hours

  1. sza says:
    September 22, 2011 at 10:28 am

    If you’re requesting for a confidential RCA, then you’ll have to be call WataLeaks

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  2. JabbatheHutt says:
    September 27, 2011 at 12:07 am

    errr, the next question is how frequent wata leaks? i hope not in 28days cycle.

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