Close Menu
    Firefighters battle out-of-control blaze at one of Australia’s two remaining oil refineries in Geelong
    Australia

    Firefighters battle out-of-control blaze at one of Australia’s two remaining oil refineries in Geelong

    Share.
    View 21 Comments

    21 Comments

    2. Groovyaardvark on

      At least it wasn’t the motor petrol unit that supplies half of Victoria or anything….

      Oh….

      Oh no…

    5. nath1234 on

      Reason number gazillion why we should be pulling out all stops to electrify everything and invest in mass transit/transport that doesn’t need imports of diesel/petrol.

    12. L3P3ch3 on

      For those grasping the terrorism pearls…

      “Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen noted this morning that the incident appears to be an **accident** at this stage”.

    15. carmooch on

      Just once I’d like to wake up and not have some major event with national or global implications.

    16. Vintage_Alien on

      >”The workers indicated that a leak was detected, then very quickly that increased in size, and an explosion occurred, and a rapid fire occurred,” McGuinness said.”

      Sounds like the cause was identified prior to the explosion. At least we know early on it’s unlikely to be terrorism. I’m sure the media speculation would have been rough to sit through if we had to wait for an investigation to know if it was an accident or not.

    17. MrSweetpotato93 on

      Coincidence? I think not. Someone is trying to pull Australia into war by making Australia desperate.

      Edit: don’t respond if you’re Bibi’s paid propaganda shill

    20. south-of-the-river on

      It sure is inconvenient that our oil processing infrastructure with its relatively clean safely record catches fire at the same time our country isn’t immediately jumping to the aid of our Cool Intelligent American friends in their Middle East adventure