2024年10月15日（星期二），在一场风暴中，委内瑞拉国营公司PDVSA运营的La Salina码头的一个油罐发生了大火。

这场大火发生在委内瑞拉西部卡比马斯附近的一个设施，引发了两次爆炸，巨大的黑烟弥漫在该地区。

火灾发生在75012号原油储罐，这是一个用于在国内港口之间运输石油的关键储存装置。大火扑灭时，包括员工和附近居民在内的24人因爆炸和烟雾而受轻伤。

尽管努力控制火势，但消防员花了24个多小时才将其完全扑灭。周三，内政部和卡比马斯消防局宣布大火“完全扑灭”。

卡布马斯的消防队长穆菲德·胡梅丹证实了这一消息，他说，消防队员仍在用水冷却受影响的水箱，以避免任何火灾。

灾后，坦克周围的区域被烧毁，并被用来灭火的大片泡沫所覆盖。消防员迅速作出反应，阻止火势蔓延到附近的坦克和设施。

PDVSA证实，该事件没有影响附近的Bajo Grande石油出口码头。

在PDVSA的老旧设施中，火灾和停电已经司空见惯，扰乱了这家国有公司的运营。当局正在调查火灾原因，初步报告显示火灾可能是由风暴引起的。

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英文原文

A massive fire broke out at an oil tank at Venezuela’s La Salina terminal, operated by the state company PDVSA, during a storm in early October 15, 2024 (Tuesday).



The fire broke out at a facility near Cabimas in western Venezuela, causing two explosions and huge clouds of black smoke spreading across the area.



The fire broke out in crude tank 75012, a key storage unit used to transport oil between domestic ports.  By the time the flames went down, 24 people, including employees and nearby residents, had incurred minor injuries from the explosions and smoke.



Despite efforts to control the fire, it took firefighters more than 24 hours to completely extinguish it.  On Wednesday, the interior ministry and the Cabimas Fire Department declared the fire “completely extinguished.”



Mufid Houmeidan, the chief of Cabimas’ firefighters, verified the news, saying that the crew is still cooling the impacted tank with water to avoid any flare-ups.



The aftermath left the area around the tank burned and covered in large pools of foam used to extinguish the fire.  The firefighters responded quickly, stopping the fire from spreading to nearby tanks and facilities.



PDVSA confirmed that the incident did not impact the nearby Bajo Grande oil export terminal.



Fires and power outages have become common at PDVSA’s older facilities, disrupting operations at the state-run company.  Authorities are investigating the cause of the fire, which initial reports show may have been started by the storm.

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