Fuel tank explosion near BlueScope Steel operations

Wednesday, 28 January 2004 17:37:58 (GMT+3)   |  

Fuel tank explosion near BlueScope Steel operations

One of the major steel producers in Australia and New Zealand, BlueScope Steel (former BHP Steel) reported that a fuel tank which is located on a property near their coke oven operations at Port Kembla, Australia exploded this morning. The company added that although nobody was injured nor its operations were damaged by the accident, they have evacuated employees as a precautionary measure.

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