13 Killed in Big Blast at Algerian Refinery

World | January 20, 2004, Tuesday // 00:00

Thirteen people were killed in a powerful explosion on Monday at Algeria's largest refinery and key exporter of gas and oil in the Mediterranean port city of Skikda. At least 74 people were injured in the blast at the petrochemical complex in the industrial zone of Skikda some 310 miles east of the capital Algiers, the state radio said, citing the latest official toll.
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