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Monroe Energy Refinery Fire: 1 Employee Hurt, Air Quality Safe, Officials Say
Monroe Energy said one employee was injured and air monitoring showed no community risk as crews extinguished the blaze.
On Thursday, a fire broke out at 11:30 a.m. in a process unit pump room at the Monroe Energy refinery in Trainer, Pennsylvania, triggering emergency responses and temporary shelter-in-place orders for nearby residents.
Monroe Energy officials immediately activated the Industrial Firefighting Group, a consortium of emergency responders, and deployed foam tankers and mobile deluge guns to suppress the blaze originating in the pump room.
Three people were injured, including two who suffered heat stress and one Monroe Energy employee airlifted to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital with non-life-threatening burn injuries requiring medical treatment.
Trainer Borough police advised residents within a half-mile radius to shelter in place due to air quality reaching "nuisance level," though county officials lifted the order by 3:15 p.m. Thursday.
While the exact cause remains under investigation, Monroe Energy reported that perimeter air monitoring showed no community risks, and officials confirmed the unit containing hydrogen fluoride was unaffected by the fire.