<p>Philadelphia Energy Solutions says it’s <a href="https://whyy.org/articles/largest-oil-refinery-on-east-coast-will-close-after-fire/">closing</a> after an explosion and fire that destroyed one of its units last month. But it was <a href="https://billypenn.com/2019/06/21/south-philly-refinerys-long-history-of-fires-explosions-deaths-and-injuries/">not the first fire</a> in the oil refinery’s 150-year history and the second in only two weeks. StateImpact Pennsylvania reporter Susan Phillips explains why this latest incident was the tipping point for the facility in South Philly.</p>

Philadelphia Energy Solutions says it’s closing after an explosion and fire that destroyed one of its units last month. But it was not the first fire in the oil refinery’s 150-year history and the second in only two weeks. StateImpact Pennsylvania reporter Susan Phillips explains why this latest incident was the tipping point for the facility in South Philly.

<p>Philadelphia Energy Solutions says it’s&nbsp;<a href="https://whyy.org/articles/largest-oil-refinery-on-east-coast-will-close-after-fire/" rel="noopener noreferrer">closing</a> after an explosion and fire that destroyed one of its units last month. But it was <a href="https://billypenn.com/2019/06/21/south-philly-refinerys-long-history-of-fires-explosions-deaths-and-injuries/" rel="noopener noreferrer">not the first fire</a> in the oil refinery’s 150-year history and the second in only two weeks. StateImpact Pennsylvania reporter Susan Phillips explains why this latest incident was the tipping point for the facility in South Philly.</p>

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