Fire from a storage tank at the New American Oil refinery in southwestern Argentina has claimed at least three lives on Thursday.
Firefighters worked throughout the morning to extinguish the blaze that started at a storage tank at the New American Oil refinery, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) from the provincial capital of Neuquen, .
Three workers at the refinery died, said Mayor Gustavo Suárez of the nearby town of Plaza Huincul,
The cause of the fire is under investigation, the Neuquen provincial government said.
According to a law enforcement officer with Neuquén Police department, Roberto Bello, the fire quickly “took over the entire refinery.”
