Lightning Strike Ignites Fire at Spanish Oil Refinery
Two storage tanks containing petroleum residue burn nearly eight hours.
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Two storage tanks containing petroleum residue burn nearly eight hours.
Previous lightning related explosion in 1989 killed two people
When a lightning strike ignited a 100-foot-diameter xylene storage tank at Sunoco's Eagle Point refinery in Westville, N.J., the refinery's chief exceeded the NFPA guidelines for foam application by nearly 40 percent.
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