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Fire hits Grangemouth oil plant | Fire hits Grangemouth oil plant |
(about 6 hours later) | |
About 40 firefighters have attended a blaze at the giant Grangemouth oil refinery. | |
The small fire started just after 0200 BST on Saturday when oil spilled onto piping at the plant in Stirlingshire. | The small fire started just after 0200 BST on Saturday when oil spilled onto piping at the plant in Stirlingshire. |
Firefighters with six engines and a command unit attended the blaze, which was in a part of the site called the HydroCracker Unit. | |
No-one was hurt in the incident. The refinery owners Ineos said the fire had not affected the plant's operations. | |
Firefighters were at the scene for about three hours, working with fire staff from Ineos. | |
'Small incident' | 'Small incident' |
The teams from Central Scotland Fire and Rescue were not actually deployed but were at the site in case they were needed. | |
The fire was extinguished by Ineos' own emergency personnel. | |
An Ieos spokesman said: "It was a small incident. | |
"The emergency systems worked correctly, and it was sorted out on site. | "The emergency systems worked correctly, and it was sorted out on site. |
"At no time was the community at risk. All our personnel were accounted for." | "At no time was the community at risk. All our personnel were accounted for." |
About 1,200 workers at the refinery went on strike for two days at the end of last month in a dispute over planned changes to their pension scheme by owner Ineos. |