Arson may be cause of Washington state biodiesel blaze

In Washington state, arson is among the causes under investigation in a fire at the Port of Walla Walla’s Burbank Industrial Facility. The fire damaged a warehouse owned by at the Gen-X Energy Group, which operates a plant producing 2.6 Mgy of biodiesel. The plant was commissioned in May 2007.

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