Viva executives and firefighters will try to determine the cause of the blaze while the PM will hope the disruption to Australia’s supplies is minimal
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It was 13 hours before the fire raging in one of only two Australian oil refineries was extinguished.
It could have been far longer: Fire Rescue Victoria deputy commissioner, Michelle Cowling, said it was quite remarkable that firefighters so adroitly overcame flames that, according to some reports, leapt 100 metres into the air at Viva Energy’s Corio refinery, just east of Geelong.