A LIGHTNING bolt ignited fuel at an oil refinery east of Caracas on Sunday (Monday in Manila), sending giant columns of black smoke into the sky and forcing hundreds to evacuate.

Despite the dramatic scene there were no victims and the blaze was controlled just hours after it broke out, President Nicolas Maduro said in a message on Twitter.

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