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<p>Follow the latest updates live</p><ul><li><p>Full report: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/16/viva-oil-refinery-fire-corio-geelong-victoria-fuel-prices">Geelong oil refinery fire</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/16/australian-oil-refinery-fire-geelong-cause-what-we-know-so-far">Geelong oil refinery fire: what we know so far</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p><strong>Fire officer says officials haven’t detected any contaminants spreading from blaze</strong></p><p>Earlier this morning, Fire Rescue Victoria assistant chief fire officer, <strong>Mick McGuinness</strong>, provided an update to ABC Radio Melbourne. Shortly before 7am, he said about 50 firefighting vehicles were continuing to fight the blaze in the Mogas (motor gasoline) plant section of the refinery.</p><p>This fire has been quite large overnight. It is still burning at the moment, and we would still declare it as not yet under control … And the fire is mainly being fed by various types of hydrocarbon fuels.<strong> So predominantly liquid petrol … and also some gas and vapours that are feeding this fire at the moment.</strong></p><p>We were concerned with the smoke that was coming off this fire, so our initial reactions were to get an alert message out to the community. We’ve since been able to have our specialist hazardous materials teams come in from locally Geelong and also in Melbourn