UPDATE: 4:43 P.M.
Emergency Management officials say around 12:30 p.m., work crews sounded the alarm after residual crude oil was sparked in a tank. As a precaution, fire & hazmat crews were called to the scene for assistance, and around 2:30 p.m. the fire grew to two-alarms.
It was placed under control by the Philadelphia Fire Department at 4:27 p.m. Police confirm there were no injuries and no evacuations.
ORIGINAL STORY BELOW:
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) —More than 100 firefighters were called to South Philadelphia to battle a two-alarm fire at the site of the former PES oil refinery.
At least 45 apparatus were sent to the scene to assist firefighters with the fire, which occurred inside a tank that's not in use, according to the Philadelphia Fire Department.
The refinery complex dates back to the Civil War, and has been the subject of a number of controversies, including a series of fires and explosions in June 2019, one of which was felt by people throughout the area.
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