Irving Oil Refinery Explosion

• Irving Oil fined $200,000 in connection with 2018 refinery explosion

  An agreed-upon statement of facts indicates there were approximately 1,500 workers at the site on the day of the explosion. 

  Crime

  Apr 16, 2020
  
• No pleas entered as Irving Oil refinery explosion case put over to next year

  Judge Henrik Tonning set the matter to resume on Feb. 20, 2020 at 9:30 a.m.

  Crime

  Nov 5, 2019
  
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• Investigators yet to examine Irving Oil refinery blast site, area remains ‘hot zone’

  At least four workers received minor injuries on Oct. 8 as swirling flames and black smoke rose into the sky above the sprawling Irving Oil refinery, which produces more than 320,000 barrels of refined products every day.

  Canada

  Oct 15, 2018
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• Explosion at Saint John refinery raises questions over how information was shared with public

  Only a handful of people were injured following an explosion at the Irving Oil Refinery on Monday

  Canada

  Oct 9, 2018
• ‘Thought I was dead for sure’: Worker recalls escape from Irving Oil explosion

  A company official told reporters there had been a malfunction in the refinery's diesel treating unit, where sulphur is removed from diesel fuel.

  Canada

  Oct 9, 2018