The fire broke out at the refinery of the Mexican oil and gas company Pemex in the state of Oaxaca, APA reports citing RIA Novosti.
“The Civil Defense Coordination Service of the State of Oaxaca is monitoring the situation and is participating in the elimination of a fire at the oil refinery of engineer Antonio Dovali Jaime in Salina Cruz,” RIA Novosti quotes the state civil defense service on Twitter.
It is noted that the fire occurred in a vertical tank.
According to the first reports, the fire was extinguished by the refinery firefighters.