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ANACORTES, Wash. — A Washington state oil refinery, hit by a deadly blast and fire early Friday, was recently fined for safety violations.
The blast struck the Tesoro Corp. refinery in Anacortes, about 70 miles north of Seattle, about 12:30 a.m. Employees were doing maintenance work on a unit that processes highly flammable liquid derived during the refining process, the company said.
Three men died at the scene and a woman died later at a Seattle hospital. Three others were hospitalized with burns.
The San Antonio-based company was fined $85,700 last April for 17 serious safety and health violations. Inspectors found 150 instances of deficiencies.
