Updated at 2:18 p.m. CST Mar. 3.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Mar. 3 – Fire at an asphalt tank under construction at Holly Corp.’s 100,000 b/d Navajo Refinery in Artesia, NM, killed at least one contract worker and left another worker missing and feared dead, Holly said.

The company said two other workers were seriously injured.

It said refinery firefighters extinguished the blaze in about 90 min. Refinery operations were not disrupted.

At the same refinery on Jan. 17, fire broke out in the crude unit, injuring no one and causing little damage (OGJ, Jan. 25, 2010, Newsletter).