What happened

A fire broke out in the charge pumps of the SEVIA fuel-oil unit at Ecuador's Esmeraldas refinery — the third such incident at the plant in nine months — temporarily halting operations. Firefighters brought the blaze under control by 9:35pm the same night; Petroecuador said the flames were confined to spilled material and posed no spreading risk. The cause was not established in the cited reporting. Later reporting showed production had restarted and reached 83–90% of capacity by June, though repairs and operational effects continued. This was an accidental incident at a licensed industrial refinery, not an attack.

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