Stanlow oil refinery in Cheshire evacuated after fire

Firefighters are tackling a blaze at a major UK oil refinery where all staff have been evacuated.The fire broke out at a Shell-owned chemical plant on the same site as the Stanlow refinery in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.Essar Oil UK, which operates the refinery and chemical plant, say that 900 employees and 500 contractors work on the site which supplies 16% of all road transport fuels.