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ARTESIA, N.M. \u2013<\/strong> An explosion at an oil refinery in New Mexico caused a dense plume of smoke to rise from the plant, spreading over a large part of the city of Artesia.<\/p>\n The operator of the Navajo Refinery, HF Sinclair, stated that the fire which broke out on Friday has been extinguished.<\/p>\n Key Details: <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Casualties:<\/strong><\/em> Three individuals were transported to a hospital for medical evaluation. There are no reports of any serious injuries.<\/p>\n Environmental Impact:<\/strong> <\/em>A spokesperson for HF Sinclair, Corine Smith, said an assessment of the air quality at the refinery and the surrounding area determined there was no danger to the public.<\/p>\n Operational Impact:<\/strong> <\/em>It is unclear whether the incident has affected production at the refinery.<\/p>\n All Clear:<\/strong> <\/em>Authorities reported that the smoke had cleared by Friday afternoon and closed roads were reopened.<\/p>\n The refinery, which has a capacity of 100,000 barrels of crude oil per day, is the largest in New Mexico.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ARTESIA, N.M. \u2013 An explosion at an oil refinery in New Mexico caused a dense plume of smoke to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2013,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[229],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"colormag-highlighted-post":false,"colormag-featured-post-medium":false,"colormag-featured-post-small":false,"colormag-featured-image":false,"colormag-default-news":false,"colormag-featured-image-large":false},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/18e12f979c7dbcc2096868fc531de295a11443c392b4bb6e60ce343131707eaa?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":false,"magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":" ARTESIA, N.M. \u2013 An explosion at an oil refinery in New Mexico caused a dense plume of smoke to","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["World News"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":1,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":1,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":false,"medium":false,"thumbnail":false},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/?author=3"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/18e12f979c7dbcc2096868fc531de295a11443c392b4bb6e60ce343131707eaa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"World News<\/a>","videoUrl":"","yoast_head":"\n