Early morning explosion at Regina refinery rocks homes, rattles nerves
Posted on: Mar 25, 2025 18:40 IST | Posted by: Cbc
People living in Regina's compass north terminate were awoken betimes this morn by an detonation at Regina's Consumers' Co-operative Refinery main plant that shook homes as far as two kilometres away.
The explosion happened at about 4:45 a.m. CST Tuesday near gate No. 3 on 9th Avenue North near McDonald Street.
Emergency alarm horns were activated and could be heard across the north end of the city for more than 15 minutes.
There's no word yet on what caused the blast, but a fire was still burning at 6 a.m CST.
According to a refinery spokesperson, two employees were being assessed for minor injuries and all personnel are accounted for.
"The incident has been contained and the impacted area has been stabilized," said refinery spokesperson Andrew Swenson in an emailed statement.
Crews got called to the co-op refinery at 4.49AM this morning. The co-op refinery fire crews have the situation under control and Regina Fire is in a standby mode to assist if need. No injuries reported or structures involved. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RFD?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RFD</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RFPS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RFPS</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZjFINC4WWs">pic.twitter.com/ZjFINC4WWs</a>
The Regina Fire Department says after the initial explosion crews were burning off extra product in the lines, but no high pressure lines were involved in the fire.
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