4 killed in Wales refinery explosion
4 people have been killed and another hospitalized in a huge explosion at an oil refinery in wales.
The explosion happened at the Pembroke Dock Chevron refinery at around 6.22pm on Thursday 2nd June.
10 appliances from Mid and West Wales fire service attended the incident which was caused by a storage tanker that was undergoing maintenance exploding.
Local resident, Liz Herbert said: “I was in the house and I could feel a shaking kind of thing – and I am on the other side of the water, so it is quite a way. I looked out of the window and could see black smoke, I went upstairs to get a better view and I could see flames. The black smoke was unbelievable. We could hear all the sirens going. People were out and about having a look. It is gone now, but at the time, all along the front was jam-packed with cars and people having a look at what’s going on.”
Another local who owns the Angle village shop said: “I ran to the front and saw a huge plume of smoke. It was black and filled the sky. It must have been 50 or so metres wide. There were lots of people outside staring at the sky. We thought it had something to do with a jet at first and some people thought it might have been guns at Castle Martin – they have been firing a the range a lot recently.”
Dyfed Powys police force is investigating the incident alongside the Health and Safety Executive. Chief Superintendent Gwyn Thomas said that “Early indications show that it is a tragic industrial accident.”
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