Thursday, 12 July 2007

Sunoco's New Jersey Refinery Struck by Lightning, Tank Burns, AP Reports

(Bloomberg) -- Sunoco Inc.'s Eagle Point Refinery
in New Jersey was struck by lightning yesterday, setting a fuel
storage tank on fire, AP reported.

The fire, which started at about 4:30 p.m. local time, was
contained to one storage tank for xylene, AP cited Gerald Davis,
a Sunoco spokesman, as saying. The fire caused no danger to
local residents and was extinguished around 8 p.m., AP said in
the report published yesterday.


Read more at Bloomberg Energy News

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