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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Three fires broke out on Thursday at different facilities in Mexico and the United States operated by Mexico’s state-owned oil company Pemex.
One of the fires broke out in a storage facility in the state of Veracruz, leaving five workers missing and three hospitalized, a statement published by the firm said.
The cause of that fire has not yet been determined, the statement added.
Local media reported that a second fire at a refinery in the same state left several injured earlier on Thursday.
A third incident was reported by a community alert at one of its units at its Deer Park, Texas, oil refinery.
Also this week, at least two people died after a collision inside a Pemex refinery in the Mexican state of Hidalgo, according to local media reports.
