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Age refinery fire in san antonio. may 17th, another fire broke out at linedell basins houston refinery. you get 13 fires, 19 deaths and 25 injured over just the past two months. >> workers injured or killed on the job. >> reporter: the united steel workers union sent representatives to speak in d.c. he was appalled. 12 years ago he witnessed his fellow oil workers die on the job. >> i live that nightmare of 1998 every day. it hurts me. i know what the families go through. it needs to go to a sto...

Megyn: we are learning two people have been injured there that refinery fire in san antonio. a truck was apparently being loaded with fuel when it explode. the manager at the plant says this plant refines gas and jet fuel. the local fire department is trying to figure out if neighbors should be evacuated. look at these pictures. well monitor this down in san antonio and bring you updates as we get them. new developments on the fight to maintain the massive oil spill in the gulf of mexico. this c...

Cleanup. we want to get back to breaking news we told you about last hour in cnn. its a refinery fire just southeast of downtown san antonio, look at the big plume of smoke here. cnn has confirmed two people have been injured in this blast. the fire started at the age refinalry, age refinery. this refinery handles petroleum products, jet fuel, diesel. founded back in 1991. again, two injuries here. its a massive fire just southeast of san antonio. its an oil refinery. age refinery. well contin...

Also interesting timewise, president obama said they would be expanding offshore drilling. this will add to environmentalists and others who should we should not be expanding when this is so deadly for the environment. also a couple weeks after the coal disaster, a reminder, we have a appetite for fossil fuels and this is the stuff that runs our economy. >> as you point out, very rare, havent seen this in three decades? >> its very rare. there have been incidents, usually a refinery fire or heli...

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$4 already. as you said there a moment ago, the national average is 3.73 and climbing. this should some political impact, bill, 74 days before the election. >> what is pushing that, stuart? >> a variety of issues. number one, the underlying price of oil has gone from 78 to $97 a barrel. that pushes gas prices up. there are refinery issues in the midwest. hurricane isaac affecting florida and probably affecting the gulf coast region very soon. that refinery fire in northern california that affect...

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