Mexico's Pemex says fire inside its Oaxaca refinery under control, six injured


May ⁠12 (Reuters) - Mexico's ⁠state oil company ‌Pemex said late on Monday ​that a ⁠fire ⁠in a cooling tower ⁠inside ‌its ⁠Salina Cruz refinery in ​Oaxaca ‌had been ⁠brought ​under control.

Pemex said ⁠six injured people ​had been taken to hospital, ⁠with no risk to the nearby ​population.

(Reporting ⁠by Shubham ​Kalia ‌in Bengaluru; Editing ​by Tom Hogue)

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