Venezuela struggles with refinery blaze; 41 died

Venezuela struggles with refinery blaze; 41 died

Fires are still burning at an oil refinery in Venezuela, the site of a deadly explosion early on Saturday.

Two storage tanks are still alight but state oil company officials say they have the situation under control.

Forty-one people died and dozens were injured in the blast at the Amuay refinery in northern Falcon state, one of the largest in the world.

Mining Minister Rafael Ramirez said operations could resume within two days of the site being declared safe.

A doctor at Coromoto Hospital said on Sunday that two people had died of burns, raising the number of dead from the earlier figure of 39 to 41.

President Hugo Chavez visited the refinery at Amuay in the Caribbean.

"The incident may support world fuel prices, which are already expected to rise with crude oil as tropical storm Isaac threatens to disrupt industry operations in the Gulf of Mexico", Reuters reports.

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