Storm causes major fire in Rafineria Trzebina, damage put at zl. 8 million

Lightening struck Rafineria Trzebinia, a crude oil refinery owned by PKN Orlen and the State Treasury, on Sunday causing a large fire. Damage has been initially estimated at around zl. 8 million. The center of the blaze was an oil tank, which was insured by PZU and Warta. Fortunately, there was no ground or air pollution thanks to safety provisions, and only about 800 tons of crude oil was in the tank when it caught fire. The refinery's management on Monday said that this catastrophe would have no impact on production or distribution of fuel in the South of Poland. However, some experts say that the fire will influence the refinery's production while its impact on PKN Orlen will be almost none. Orlen's shares were not adversely affected when the news reached the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE). (Puls Biznesu, p. 9; Prawo i Gospodarka, p. 2) A.D.