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Explosion at South Africa oil refinery, 7 hospitalized

by Gerald Imray
| December 4, 2020 3:06 AM

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Seven people were hospitalized after an early-morning explosion and fire at an oil refinery near the harbor in the South African city of Durban on Friday, emergency services officials said.

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