Overview
- Pemex, which reported a Thursday fire in a coke storage area at the Olmeca refinery in Paraíso, said crews contained it in about two hours with no injuries reported.
- About 150 Pemex specialists worked with Navy, Army and Tabasco authorities to control the flames and secure the site.
- Operations continued under safe conditions after inspections found no major structural damage, according to Pemex.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum said the cause remains under review and cited the high temperature of coke leaving the coker as a preliminary hypothesis.
- Videos of thick black smoke unsettled nearby residents, and the new incident follows a March fire outside the complex that killed five people and prompted a federal investigation.