3 Injured, 2 Critically, in Blaze at Refinery
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Three people were injured, two critically, in a fire that broke out Thursday in a hydrogen-fed heating unit at a Paramount refinery, a Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesman said.
About 60 firefighters, including a hazardous materials team and a helicopter unit, responded. The two severely burned victims were rushed by paramedics to Charter Suburban Hospital. A third person with minor injuries was taken to Downey Community Hospital.
The blaze was extinguished after firefighters turned off the fuel, allowing the fire to burn itself out, said a Fire Department spokesman.
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