4 Oct 2012 18:42

Fire at Saratov oil refinery extinguished

SARATOV. Oct 4 (Interfax) - Employees of the Emergency Situations Ministry's Main Department for the Saratov region have extinguished the fire at the Saratov oil refinery, Maxim Shikhalov, the region's first deputy industry minister, told Interfax.

"The oil refinery is currently not working. The staff have been evacuated. Oil processing at the enterprise has been suspended. A decision on further operation of the oil refinery will be made by a special commission," he said.