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October 18, 2006 · about 20 years ago

Port is reopened after gas leak

A busy Hampshire port had to be closed overnight after a gas leak on board a tanker at an oil refinery. Southampton port was shut when a faulty valve caused a leak on Tuesday evening on a tanker taking liquid propane gas from Fawley oil refinery. There were fears the gas could ignite and the [&helli

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A busy Hampshire port had to be closed overnight after a gas leak on board a tanker at an oil refinery. Southampton port was shut when a faulty valve caused a leak on Tuesday evening on a tanker taking liquid propane gas from Fawley oil refinery.

There were fears the gas could ignite and the port was closed to all shipping after a gas cloud formed.

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