The fire department reports a fire in a traffic building in Mongstad refinery in Austrheim. The Mongstad refinery is the largest oil refinery in Norway. The plant is about to be evacuated. No injuries have been reported. – We were notified at 14.43. At that time, smoke development was started from a transformer out there, says Tore Fanebust’s guard commander at the 110 Central Station. – The messages I get indicate that there should be no danger of spreading to the process itself out there, he adds. A safety zone will be created after the normal procedure on the plant, he says. It is organized locally on the site. The fire department arrives with two stations on site. In an update from the police at 15.01, it is reported that the smoke is declining.
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