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An oil tank exploded at a chemical plant in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's restive Xinjiang region, on Sunday morning, the official Xinhua News Agency reported quoting firefighters. No casualties have been reported so far and the cause is being investigated, the report said. The explosion occurred around 10 a.m. at a refinery of China National Petroleum Corp. in northern Urumqi, Xinhua quoted city firefighters as saying.

Bomb Explodes at Russian Refinery VOA News05 Jun 2004, 12:12 UTC Authorities in Russia say a bomb ripped through an oil tank at a refinery in the Stavropol area Saturday, causing extensive damage but no casualties. The 5,000-ton oil tank was about one-third full when explosives detonated beneath it, setting off a blaze that took four hours to control. Authorities say a second timebomb was found at the scene, but it failed to explode. The device was planted beneath a second tank at the Neftekumsk refinery, set to explode one hour after the first bomb. There is no information...