RAW VIDEO: At Least 19 Dead as Blast Rocks Venezuela's Largest Refinery

ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) STORY: A large gas explosion shook Venezuela's biggest refinery, the 645,000-barrels-per-day Amuay facility, killing 19 people before dawn on Saturday officials said. Stella Lugo, the governor of Falcon state, said more than 53 other people had been injured, and that a 10-year-old child was among the dead. Officials said the blast was caused by a gas leak and that it had damaged nearby homes along with the refinery complex. Based in the west of the South American OPEC nation, Amuay is part of the Paraguana Refining Center, one of the biggest refinery complexes in the world with an overall capacity of 955,000 bpd. "We have to inform the country that as of 1:15 (0545GMT) this morning an event occurred, an explosion, in the refinery area of Amuay, in the gas fields. There was a gas leak and we will determine its origin. This created a gas cloud that later exploded and it caused fires in at least two tanks at the refinery and in surrounding areas,"...

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