Refinery
Come By Chance refinery — flash explosion and fire
2 September 2022
Canada
What happened
A flash explosion and fire injured eight workers at the Come By Chance refinery in Newfoundland and Labrador; one worker later died from injuries sustained in the incident. Provincial authorities confirmed the incident and investigated workplace safety conditions at the site. This was an accidental industrial incident, not an attack.
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- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Infrastructure
- Refinery
- Latitude
- 47.8300°
- Longitude
- -53.9900°
Attribution
Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.