Fire at Coryton Refinery

Stephen Metcalfe, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for South Basildon and East Thurrock commenting on fire at Coryton Refinery said:

"Obviously the first thing is that I am pleased to hear that no-one appears to have been injured or killed in the blast which happened this morning.  I am sure that hearing the explosion must have been a very frightening experience for local residents and workers in the vicinity.  The Emergency Services will obviously be doing their best to bring the blaze under control as soon as possible and I am sure that, working with the Borough's Emergency Planning Officer and Petroplus, there will hopefully be minimal disruption to local residents and businesses.  I will be interested to learn the results of the inevitable inquiry into the incident to ensure that there is a minimum risk of this happening again."

Posted 31/10/07

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