14 dead, 1 missing in refinery blast
From correspondents in Texas City
March 25, 2005

THE 14 people who died in a massive explosion at BP's Texas City, Texas, refinery were contractors doing servicing work, officials said today.

An overnight search of rubble and twisted metal turned up no more bodies or injuries. The company was searching for one worker who checked out but remains unaccounted for, refinery manager Don Parus said.
"We have completed a comprehensive process of accounting for all of our people," Mr Parus said. All the dead worked for JE Merit, a subsidiary of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., a major firm based near Los Angeles.

More than 70 workers were treated for injuries, and five were in "tough shape," Mr Parus said. At least 30 people outside the plant also sought treatment for lesser injuries, some caused by falling objects and shattered glass.

The nation's third-largest refinery, with a processing capacity of 470,000 barrels per day of oil, continued to produce petrol, plant spokesman Bill Stephens said.

Mr Stephens would not specify how much petrol was being produced, although he said the levels have "not really changed much" from those before the explosion and fire

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12645866-38198,00.html