Summary
The fire began because a pipe that carries natural gas broke.
Workers quickly put out the flames and no one got hurt.
Key Points
4 points1
A pipe that moves natural gas to the plant’s boilers broke and caused the fire.
2
The whole factory was stopped while the fire was controlled.
3
No injuries were reported and the damage was limited.
4
Venezuela’s State Oil Company will check why the pipe broke.
New Words to Learn
7 wordsrefinery
a big place where oil is turned into useful fuels
natural gas
a clean type of fuel that comes from the ground
boiler
a big machine that heats water to make steam
hydrotreater
equipment that cleans fuel so it can be used safely
crude
raw oil that comes from the ground before it is processed
catalytic cracker
a machine that breaks big oil pieces into smaller ones
feedstock
the material that is put into a machine to make something
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