Overview
- The blaze, which broke out Thursday in a coke storage area at Pemex’s Olmeca refinery in Paraíso, Tabasco, was extinguished in about two hours.
- Roughly 150 Pemex responders contained the fire with support from Mexico’s Navy, Army and Tabasco authorities, according to the president.
- Officials said there were no injuries, though Pemex later reported one firefighter with mild smoke inhalation during the response.
- Pemex opened a technical root-cause investigation and Sheinbaum said early analysis points to the high temperature of coke leaving the coker as a possible trigger.
- Post-incident checks found no major damage and the refinery remains in safe, operable condition, a reassurance that follows a March perimeter fire that killed five and heightened scrutiny of safety practices.