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Oil tank catches fire in northeast China

English.news.cn   2011-08-29 12:26:44 FeedbackPrintRSS

Photo taken on Aug. 29, 2011 shows heave smoke from a fire in a refinery owned by PetroChina in Dalian City, northeast China's Liaoning Province. (Xinhua)

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DALIAN, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- An oil tank caught fire on Monday morning in Dalian, a coastal city in northeast China's Liaoning Province, according to municipal government authorities.

 A diesel oil tank caught fire at about 10 a.m. Monday in a refinery owned by PetroChina, one of the country's leading oil producers, according to officials with the Dalian government.

No casualties have been reported. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Editor: Chen Zhi
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