Two Firefighters Injured Fighting Fire at PA Oil Refinery



According to a report from KDKA, two firefighters were injured after a fire broke out at Heath Oil, an oil refinery on Route 8 near the Interstate 80 interchange in Venango County, Pennsylvania.

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Fire officials said that a truck pulling a tanker caught fire, causing several explosions. The fire then spread to two trucks sitting at the refinery’s staging area.

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Clintonville Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief Brayden Rea said this is the third incident at the refinery in the past decade.

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