Explosion rocks Regina’s Co-op Refinery, fire under control​on March 25, 2025 at 1:16 pm

An explosion at Regina’s Co-op Refinery Complex (CRC) early Tuesday sent part of the site into flames.

Regina fire said it was called to the oil refinery at around 4:45 a.m. to assist but the CRC’s own fire crews had the blaze under control.

Flames and smoke could be seen kilometres away coming from the site and the shockwave emitted from the explosion was strong enough to rock the Global News building nearby.

Regina fire’s deputy chief Glen Wagner tells Global News the fire stemmed from a product on one of the refinery lines.

The CRC released a statement that the refinery experienced a fire in a unit in its Section Three. Everyone was accounted for but two employees were being assessed for minor injuries.

“The incident has been contained and the impacted area has been stabilized,” the refinery said.

This is not the first time there have been fires and explosions at the refinery. A fire broke out there in 2020 but was extinguished quickly and in 2014 an explosion occurred on Christmas Eve caused by a frozen, ruptured pipe.

More to come.

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