Fire Strikes Kuwait Petroleum Refinery in Rotterdam

(Bloomberg) — Kuwait Petroleum Corp., the state- owned oil and refining company, said a fire occurred in a desulfurization unit at its Europoort refinery in Rotterdam.

Parts of the refinery were shut because of the blaze, Ian McConnell, the plant


McConnell declined to comment on units affected. No one was reported injured or missing, he said.

Kuwait Petroleum notified the fire brigade of the blaze at 8:45 p.m. local time and it was brought under control at around 11:15 p.m., said Remco Spaninxs, a spokesman for the police in the Rotterdam-Rijnmond area. He also spoke on behalf of fire brigade.