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BIG SPRING, Texas - A sheriff's dispatcher says an explosion rocked an oil refinery in western Texas. It's unclear whether there are injuries or whether a fire is burning at the refinery owned by Dallas-based Alon USA, which employs about 170 people and produces about 70,000 barrels a day. Howard County sheriff's dispatcher, who declined to give her name, said: "All I know is that it blew up."
BIG SPRING, Texas - An explosion rocked an oil refinery Monday in a violent blast that shook buildings miles away, authorities and witnesses said. There were no immediate reports of injuries.