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Fire spreads at Venezuela refinery, 41 dead
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2012/08/25/20120825PNI0825-wir-venezuela-oil-refinery-explosion-fire.html

A fire at a Venezuelan refinery spread to a third fuel tank on Monday nearly three days after a powerful explosion that killed 41 people and ignited the blaze, Vice President Elias Jaua said.

Jaua said in a message on Twitter that a third tank had just ignited at the Amuay refinery. The refinery has been in flames since Saturday, and officials had previously said they hoped to blaze to keep diminishing until it could be extinguished.

Falcon state Gov. Stella Lugo told the Venezuelan radio station Union Radio that the death toll had risen to 48, but later said the correct number was 41 and that some victims’ names had been mistakenly included twice on a list.

About 150 people were injured in the disaster, 33 of whom remain in hospitals, Prosecutor General Luisa Ortega said at a news conference at the refinery complex. “We still don’t have facts to determine the causes of the accident,” she said.