Accidents in hazardous plants
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Event title
Canada - Fire breaks out at Regina’s Co-op Refinery Complex, explosion felt
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Event date (UTC)
2025-03-25 14:34:14
Last update (UTC)
2025-03-25 14:34:15
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Address/Affected area(s)
Regina’s Co-op Refinery Complex
A fire broke out at Regina’s Co-op Refinery Complex (CRC) early Tuesday and those nearby say they felt an explosion.Regina fire said it was called to the oil refinery at around 4:45 a.m. to assist but the CRC’s own fire crews had the blaze under control.Flames and smoke could be seen kilometres away coming from the site and the shockwave emitted from the explosion was strong enough to rock the Global News building nearby.The CRC released a statement that the refinery experienced a fire in a unit in its Section Three. Everyone was accounted for but two employees were being assessed for minor injuries.“The incident has been contained and the impacted area has been stabilized,” the refinery said.This is not the first time there have been fires and explosions at the refinery. A fire broke out there in 2020 but was extinguished quickly and in 2014 an explosion occurred on Christmas Eve caused by a frozen, ruptured pipe.