A fire at a refinery belonging to Mexican state oil producer Pemex has been extinguished, the firm and authorities said on Thursday, noting that no one had been reported injured.
Pemex did not immediately provide information on what had caused the incident at its Minatitlan refinery in eastern Veracruz state, which can process up to 285,000 barrels per day (bpd).
"Firefighting teams from Pemex report that the fire inside the Minatitlan refinery has been extinguished, with no injuries reported so far," Veracruz civil protection said on X.
Pemex said in a statement that the fire had not impacted its staff or the facilities. The firm, when contacted by Reuters, declined to say whether production at the refinery had been affected.
A separate fire broke out at Pemex's Salina Cruz refinery in southwestern Oaxaca state this week, an installation which processes up to 330,000 bpd. Local civil protection reported no loss of life or damages to property.
(Reporting by Ana Isabel Martinez and Diego Ore; Aditional reporting by Adriana Barrera; Editing by David Evans and Stephen Coates)
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