Flames spread into two neighboring businesses.
Air monitoring show increase in toxic materials.
Workers could not close a propane dispensing valve.
Nearly 1,000 workers evacuated from smelter and surrounding factories.
Responders tear down protective bars to reach the fire inside.
Firefighters made an interior attack using hand lines.
News outlet reports fatality at the 330,000 barrels-per-day refinery in Salina Cruz.
Firefighters needed more than an hour to bring the fire under control.
Facility specializes in manufacturing synthetic vehicle grease.
In-house firefighters joined with local fire department to extinguish the blaze.
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