Marathon Petroleum: Hoses, Not Tank, Caught Fire at Refinery

By Dow Jones Business News,  February 28, 2013, 05:30:00 PM EDT


By Alison Sider

A spokesman Marathon Petroleum Corp. ( MPC ) said hoses connected to a tank at its Galveston Bay refinery caught fire Thursday, and the company is working to extinguish the blaze.

A Texas City Emergeny Management alert originally stated that a tank was on fire at the 80,000-barrel-a-day refinery. But a later alert stated that a pump is on fire next to a tank.

Shane Pochard, a spokesman for Marathon, said the fire has not caused any injuries nor had any offsite impact.

-Write to Alison Sider at alison.sider@dowjones.com

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