Fire at Equinor's Mongstad Refinery Extinguished

Equinor (EQNR.OL) on Thursday said the fire that shut its Mongstad oil refinery in western Norway had been extinguished.

Equinor said in a statement that the fire, in an electrical kiosk at the refinery, had been extinguished and that emergency personnel were sent for routine medical follow-up.

Equinor shut down production as a preventive measure earlier on Thursday and evacuated non-essential personnel from the site.

"It is too early to say anything about the cause of the incident," the company said in a statement.

There was significant smoke coming from the fire but no need to evacuate homes located in the vicinity, police said.

The wider Mongstad area contains refinery operations and a terminal for crude oil exports as well as other facilities.

(Reporting by Louise Breusch Rasmussen Gwladys Fouche and Johan Ahlander; Editing by Terje Solsvik)