印度Visakhapatnam的HPCL炼油厂沥青中间储罐起火：无人员伤亡、生产装置未受损
当地时间11月2日晚约10时，印度安得拉邦 Visakhapatnam 的印度斯坦石油公司（HPCL）Visakh 炼油厂发生火灾：该厂渣油升级装置（RUF）区域一座沥青中间储罐起火，火焰与浓烟升入夜空，周边 Malkapuram、Sriharipuram 等社区居民称先听到类似爆炸的巨响。
HPCL 当晚发表声明称，火情局限于沥青储罐区域，炼油厂消防与安全团队立即启动灭火与应急措施，火势在短时间内得到控制；事故没有造成人员伤亡，炼油厂全部生产装置未受损、安全运行。Visakhapatnam 警察局长 Shankhabrata Bagchi 同样确认无人伤亡。警方表示尚未证实发生爆炸，起火原因仍在调查，损失程度有待评估。沥青是原油加工后留下的黏稠残渣，是生产铺路沥青的中间产品，因黏度高，燃烧时烟雾尤其浓重。
Visakh 炼油厂是印度东海岸第一座炼油厂，1957 年投产，现原油加工能力约每年 1500 万吨，产品包括液化石油气、汽油、柴油、航空燃料、石脑油、沥青与硫磺。据当地媒体报道，该厂渣油升级装置区在 2025 年 9 月尚处建设阶段时曾发生氢气泄漏并引发火情。
Pitch Tank Fire at HPCL's Visakh Refinery in India Brought Under Control, No Casualties
A fire broke out at about 10 p.m. local time on November 2 at the Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) in Visakhapatnam, in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. A pitch intermediate storage tank in the refinery's Residue Upgradation Facility (RUF) area caught fire, sending flames and thick black smoke into the night sky; residents of nearby Malkapuram and Sriharipuram reported hearing an explosion-like bang first.
HPCL said in a statement that night that the fire was localised to the pitch tank area, that the refinery's fire and safety team promptly activated firefighting and emergency response measures and brought the blaze under control within a short time, and that there were no casualties and all refinery units were operating safely. Visakhapatnam Police Commissioner Shankhabrata Bagchi also confirmed there were no casualties. Police said an explosion has not been confirmed, the cause of the fire is still under investigation, and the extent of the damage is yet to be assessed. Pitch is the dark, viscous residue left after crude oil processing and is an intermediate product used to make bitumen; because of its high viscosity, it produces especially thick smoke when it burns.
The Visakh Refinery is India's first East Coast refinery, commissioned in 1957, with a crude processing capacity of about 15 million tonnes a year; its products include liquefied petroleum gas, petrol, diesel, aviation turbine fuel, naphtha, bitumen and sulphur. According to local media reports, the same Residue Upgradation Facility area was hit in September 2025, while it was still under construction, when a hydrogen leak caused a loud bang and a fire.
来源：印度斯坦石油公司
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图片来源：图：从 Yarada 山丘俯瞰印度 Visakhapatnam 的 HPCL 炼油厂（资料图）。照片 CC BY-SA 4.0，作者 IM3847，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: HPCL refinery in Visakhapatnam, India, seen from Yarada hill (file photo). CC BY-SA 4.0, by IM3847, via Wikimedia Commons.
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