Marife Cuauro / Reuters

Enormous ball of fire as refinery burns for third day

Fuel storage tanks are seen on fire at Amuay oil refinery in Punto Fijo in the Peninsula of Paraguana in Venezuela on Aug. 27. A fire burned for a third day in two fuel storage tanks at Venezuela's biggest refinery on Monday, putting in doubt plans to quickly restart the facility following an explosion that killed nearly 50 people.

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Comment author avatarR Battle

if its not the damn speculators........

    Reply#1 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:15 PM EDT
    Comment author avatarvza9933

    I blame Matthias Nielsen, the merc...

      Reply#2 - Sun Sep 2, 2012 12:17 AM EDT
      Comment author avatarlostatsea99

      If Chavez hadn't run off, or killed, all his skilled labor then maybe this wouldn't have happened.

        Reply#3 - Sun Sep 2, 2012 1:10 AM EDT
        Comment author avatarUncleBen-3793367

        Every day it burns, increases our cost at the pump. Only because they can.

          Reply#4 - Sun Sep 2, 2012 6:26 AM EDT
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