2 fuel oil tanks and an electrical substation at the plant had been impaired A thick cloud of smoke rises during a fire at the oil refinery in Esmeraldas, Ecuador, on May 26, 2025. AFP Ecuador on ...

Esmeraldas (Ecuador) (AFP) – A fuel tank fire on Monday halted production at Ecuador's largest oil refinery, sparking the evacuation of nearby residents as a giant plume of smoke billowed from ...

Operations at the plant in Esmeraldas province ... The cause of the fire at the refinery near Ecuador's border with Colombia was not yet known. Writing on X, Energy Minister Ines Manzano said ...

A fire at Ecuador's largest oil refinery in Esmeraldas ignited on Tuesday but has been controlled, according to official ...

Quito, Ecuador—Ecuador on Thursday declared an emergency at the country's main oil refinery, where a fuel tank fire halted ...

A fire that erupted in a fuel oil tank on Monday at Ecuador's biggest oil refinery is under control, state oil company ...

A fire at Ecuador's largest oil refinery, Esmeraldas, has been contained. Petroecuador announced that operations have halted ...

Ecuador's state oil producer Petroecuador on Thursday declared a 60-day emergency at the South American nation's largest oil ...

Firefighters extinguished a fire on Monday at Ecuador's largest oil refinery which forced the evacuation of the site in ...

A fuel tank fire on Monday halted production at Ecuador's largest oil refinery, sparking the evacuation of nearby residents ...

A fire in a fuel tank brought production at Ecuador's biggest oil refinery to a halt on Monday, state oil company Petroecuador said. "The Esmeraldas refinery has stopped operation as a precaution ...

Eyewitness footage showing a thick, gray plume of smoke rising to the sky from the refinery in Esmeraldas. Video credit: "@joelmerov" via Instagram.