Kaohsiung refinery operations suspended after explosions

A major Kaohsiung oil refinery has been temporarily shut down and its operator fined after two explosions happened late Thursday, with no casualties, poisonous gas emissions, or industrial underground pipeline damage being reported, according to the Kaohsiung City government.

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