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Pembroke refinery explosion: Casualties feared | |
(40 minutes later) | |
Emergency services are investigating an explosion and fire at an oil refinery in west Wales. | |
It is believed there are casualties after a tanker exploded at the Chevron plant in Pembroke at around 1815 BST. | |
Milford Haven coastguards reported a "blast large enough to shake the windows" with "black smoke in the air". | |
The Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service sent 10 engines to the scene and brought the incident under control within an hour and a half. | |
Eyewitnesses reported hearing a "massive bang" and saw plumes of black smoke following the blast. | |
Phil Horne was in his back garden in Milford Haven, on the opposite side of the waterway, at the time of the incident. | |
"I heard a large explosion, turned around and saw a large fireball disappearing into the sky," he said. | |
"It went about halfway up the chimney stack of the refinery." | "It went about halfway up the chimney stack of the refinery." |
Liz Herbert, who also lives on the other side of the haven, said: "I heard a massive bang and saw a huge plume of thick black smoke. | |
"It was really frightening." |