NEW YORK, March 7 (Reuters) - Petroleum refiner Holly Corp said two people died and two others were seriouslyinjured after a tank fire at a subsidiary's Navajo Refinery in Artesia, New Mexico.
Dallas, Texas-based Holly announced a second fatality on Saturday after confirming on March 2 that one person had died as a result of the fire.
The two other workers with serious injuries were employees of a contracting company working on the new tank, which was under construction, Holly said.
The company said that the fire was contained to the asphalt storage tank, which was located away from the main operations of the refinery.
The company said it was investigating the incident.
(Reporting by Sinead Carew, editing by Maureen Bavdek) Keywords: HOLLY/ (sinead.carew@thomsonreuters.com + 1 646 2236186) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
Dallas, Texas-based Holly announced a second fatality on Saturday after confirming on March 2 that one person had died as a result of the fire.
The two other workers with serious injuries were employees of a contracting company working on the new tank, which was under construction, Holly said.
The company said that the fire was contained to the asphalt storage tank, which was located away from the main operations of the refinery.
The company said it was investigating the incident.
(Reporting by Sinead Carew, editing by Maureen Bavdek) Keywords: HOLLY/ (sinead.carew@thomsonreuters.com + 1 646 2236186) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
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