Fire breaks out at Lukoil-owned Ukhta oil refinery
 A blaze ripped through the small-scale Ukhta oil refinery, controlled by Russian oil major Lukoil, the emergency ministry said.
It said the fire hit a diesel processing unit and that one man had been injured. Lukoil declined any immediate comment.
Video footage posted on social media purported to show a huge ball of fire over the refinery. The ministry said the fire has spread through 1,000 square meters.
Interfax news agency, citing an unnamed source, said staff had been evacuated from the plant.
đź”´ #BreakingNews : In #Ukhta, the explosion occurred in the territory of 1 oil refinery. The fire area has reached 1,000 m2#Russia
— Amir Hamoui Boukria (@AmirHammoui) January 9, 2020
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The refinery processed around 2 million tons of oil in January to November. (Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin, Gleb Stolyarov and Natalia Chumakova; Editing by Jon Boyle and David Evans)
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