Explosion at Texas oil refinery creates huge smoke plume
There were no injuries reported, the refinery operator Valero told the BBC's US news partner CBS.
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"was likely caused by an industrial heater"
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There were no injuries reported, the refinery operator Valero told the BBC's US news partner CBS.
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