plant in Shanghai on Saturday, an accident that will not significantly affect the market, the company said.
The fire at one of China's biggest refining and petrochemicals plants started around 4 a.m. and had been brought under control by 9 a.m. but "was difficult to handle", state media Xinhua reported, citing fire officials.Video posted online by Xinhua from mid-morning showed a much smaller fire but with black smoke still billowing out of the facility.
Smoke billows from a Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co Ltd plant where a fire broke out, in Jinshan district of Shanghai, China June 18, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song
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