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The fire on the LPG Tanks and its surrounding at Cosmo Oil's Chiba Refinery (Ichihara-City Chiba-Prefecture, Executive Officer: Toshiaki Iwana) caused by the earthquake in the Tohoku-Area on March 11th has been extinguished today as of 10:10. Cosmo Oil express the sincerest apologies for the problems and unease caused to the nearby residents and to all those concerned. Every action will continue to be taken to resume normal operations as soon as possible.
| Time of Incident | Approx. 15:47 pm Friday, March 11 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of Incident | Vicinity of LPG Tanks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Injuries | 6 persons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | There are no damages to the refining units and will be confirmed through investigations to be made to resume normal operations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||