Summary
The blaze was quickly contained, and nobody was injured.
The whole facility was shut down while workers investigated the cause.
Key Points
4 points1
A natural‑gas line broke, causing a fire at the refinery.
2
Workers stopped the fire fast and no one got hurt.
3
All parts of the refinery were paused while the problem was checked.
4
Venezuela’s State Oil Company will investigate why the pipe broke.
New Words to Learn
7 wordsrefinery
a large plant where crude oil is turned into gasoline and diesel
natural gas
a clear gas used for energy that comes from underground
ruptured
broken or split open
boiler
a big device that heats water to make steam for power
hydrotreater
equipment that cleans fuel by using hydrogen
crude
oil that has not been processed yet
catalytic cracker
machine that breaks big oil molecules into smaller ones
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