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Philadelphia Refinery Explosion So Hot It's Spotted From Space
Gasoline futures in New York gained after a fire and explosions ripped through Philadelphia Energy Solutions’ refinery complex.
21 Jun 2019, 09:14 PM IST 
Emissions rise from a refinery in U.S. (Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg)
(Bloomberg) -- The explosion at a Philadelphia oil refinery on Friday morning was so large and so hot that it was captured from space in satellite infrared images, the National Weather Service’s Key West office wrote on Twitter.
Gasoline futures in New York gained after a fire and explosions ripped through Philadelphia Energy Solutions’ 335,000 barrels-a-day refinery complex, the largest such plant on the U.S. East Coast.
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