Fire hits Grangemouth oil plant

The Grangemouth refinery is Scotland's main fuel supplier

About 40 firefighters have attended a blaze at the giant Grangemouth oil refinery.

The small fire started just after 0200 BST on Saturday when oil spilled onto piping at the plant in Stirlingshire.

Firefighters with six engines and a command unit attended the blaze, which was in a part of the site called the HydroCracker Unit.

No-one was hurt in the incident. The refinery owners Ineos said the fire had not affected the plant's operations.

Firefighters were at the scene for about three hours, working with fire staff from Ineos.

'Small incident'

The teams from Central Scotland Fire and Rescue were not actually deployed but were at the site in case they were needed.

The fire was extinguished by Ineos' own emergency personnel.

An Ieos spokesman said: "It was a small incident.

"The emergency systems worked correctly, and it was sorted out on site.

"At no time was the community at risk. All our personnel were accounted for."

About 1,200 workers at the refinery went on strike for two days at the end of last month in a dispute over planned changes to their pension scheme by owner Ineos.