BIG SPRING - A massive explosion ... NewsWest 9 has learned that the fire started in the "Light-Ends Processing" Area where the refinery manufactures propane and propylene.

DALLAS -- The West Texas oil refinery closed by an explosion ... Officials said they didn't know what caused Monday's fire at the refinery in Big Spring, about 300 miles west of Dallas.

2008, an explosion threatened Big Spring's future ... would do in West Texas." And respond they did. No lives were lost in the blast. And city leaders and refinery officials say they couldn ...

BIG SPRING, Texas – A thunderous explosion rocked an oil refinery Monday ... "There's some fire and a whole bunch of smoke," Sweatt said. Big Spring is about halfway between Dallas and El ...

"However, the fire has been extinguished ... Alon USA said. Alon USA's Big Spring refinery lies 290 miles west of Dallas in west-central Texas. The facility employs about 170 workers and is ...