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Fire breaks out on MISC vessel in Labuan
by hlk Thu 26 Jul 2012, 18:02
KUALA LUMPUR: Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd said there was a fire at its subsidiaries, Petronas Chemicals Methanol Sdn Bhd in Labuan early Thursday.
It said the fire broke out on board an MISC vessel, Bunga Alpinia, about 2.30am "The vessel was alongside the Petronas Chemicals Methanol terminal in Labuan when the incident took place," it said.
It added that based on preliminary assessment, the impact was minimal as it was limited to plant one deliveries only while plant two operations were unaffected.
Plant one has a capacity of 7000,000 tonnes while the capacity at plant two was 1.7 million tonnes.
Petronas Chemicals said the Labuan Fire Department had taken action to put out the blaze.
It said the fire broke out on board an MISC vessel, Bunga Alpinia, about 2.30am "The vessel was alongside the Petronas Chemicals Methanol terminal in Labuan when the incident took place," it said.
It added that based on preliminary assessment, the impact was minimal as it was limited to plant one deliveries only while plant two operations were unaffected.
Plant one has a capacity of 7000,000 tonnes while the capacity at plant two was 1.7 million tonnes.
Petronas Chemicals said the Labuan Fire Department had taken action to put out the blaze.
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