Fire breaks out at crucial Australian refinery, raising fuel supply fears

Gas leak ignites Viva fuel plant, which produces about 10 percent of Australia’s fuel, in Geelong, Victoria.

Columns of fire have engulfed the largest of Australia’s two oil refineries, just as the ⁠nation faces pressure to shore up fuel security with the Iran war disrupting global supply.

Victoria State fire authorities said the blaze, which broke out at a 120,000 barr...