Some residents were startled after hearing an explosion during a fire at an oil refinery in Barangay San Pablo Libutad, San Simon, Pampanga Tuesday night.
According to Police Maj. Freddie Henry of the San Simon police, a part of the plant, exploded while it is conducting an old oil refinery at around 11.30 pm.
The fire spread quickly to other parts of the plant, so the fire was raised to a first alarm before it was extinguished within 30 minutes.
No one was reported injured in the incident while the oil refinery’s administration is investigating the cause of the explosion and the total amount of damage it caused.