Refinery
Irving Oil Saint John refinery — explosion and fire
8 October 2018
Canada
What happened
An explosion and fire broke out during maintenance work at Irving Oil's Saint John refinery, New Brunswick — Canada's largest refinery. Irving Oil confirmed the incident was isolated and contained, with several contract workers injured but no fatalities. This was an accidental industrial incident, not an attack.
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- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Infrastructure
- Refinery
- Latitude
- 45.2800°
- Longitude
- -66.0600°
Attribution
Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.