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Explosion at Dutch port of Rotterdam leaves one dead and several injured, police say

The explosion happened at a refinery and fuel terminal run by Gunvor Energy in an industrial section of the vast port premises.

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00:01At least one person was killed and several others injured
00:05following an explosion at the Dutch port of Rotterdam on Thursday.
00:08The explosion happened at a refinery and fuel terminal
00:12where local media said a maintenance team had been working on a section of pipes there.
00:17Emergency services reported a power failure at the port
00:20and said that a transformer had caught fire under unexplained circumstances.
00:25There was around 12 o'clock an explosion in a petroleum company.
00:30Unfortunately, there have been several injuries and one person died.
00:36Our support is of course going on to all others.
00:40At this point we keep in mind with all scenarios
00:42and we research on how the explosion could happen.
00:47Several companies had paused their operations and evacuated workers.
00:51However, power was gradually being restored to companies
00:54and parts of the port a few hours later.
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