Fire at Louisiana ExxonMobil Refinery Injures 3 Workers
A fire at an ExxonMobil Corp. refinery in Baton Rouge has injured three workers.
The company says the fire on April 14 was quickly contained by refinery firefighters.
ExxonMobil says the fire did not affect general operations at the refinery.
Two of the injured workers are employed by an ExxonMobil contractor, while the other is a company employee. In a statement, the company says one of the contractors has been released while the other two are hospitalized for evaluation.
The cause of the blaze is under investigation.
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