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Lighting is a Natural Hazard
Graham Marshall - Saturday, November 24, 2012
The natural hazard presented by lightning
was highlighted recently when a direct strike at Venezuela's
146,000-barrels-per-day El Palito refinery caused a blast and subsequent
fire in a large tank farm at the site.
The electrical storm set fire to two naphtha storage tanks at El Palito in central Venezuela.
Officials said the fire was some distance from production units at El Palito. But fire fighters battled blazes in storage tanks there for days before bringing them under control.
It's been a very bad month for President Hugo Chavez and the people of Venezuela who are struggling under his rule as another disaster at Amuay, the South American country's biggest oil refinery, occurred when a gas leak caused an explosion that killed 42 people, injured dozens and damaged 1,600 homes.
by JStores.
The electrical storm set fire to two naphtha storage tanks at El Palito in central Venezuela.
Officials said the fire was some distance from production units at El Palito. But fire fighters battled blazes in storage tanks there for days before bringing them under control.
It's been a very bad month for President Hugo Chavez and the people of Venezuela who are struggling under his rule as another disaster at Amuay, the South American country's biggest oil refinery, occurred when a gas leak caused an explosion that killed 42 people, injured dozens and damaged 1,600 homes.
by JStores.
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