Two Dead After Fire at BP's 103-Year-Old Ohio Oil Refinery

  • Blaze is second to affect BP’s US refineries since August
  • Spot diesel jumped against futures, Canadian crude weakens

The BP-Husky Toledo Refinery in Oregon, Ohio, in 2017. 

Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg
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BP Plc said two of its workers died in a fire at its oil refinery in Oregon, Ohio.

The fire was extinguished Tuesday night and the refinery, which supplies the Midwest with gasoline and diesel, has been shut, company spokesperson Megan Baldino said in an email. She did not elaborate on the extent of the damage or which units were impacted.