PetroChina's refinery and petrochemical facility burst into flames on Monday, but was put out after a few hours with no reported casualties, according to government and company officials.

The facility, which is located in Gansu province near the city of Lanzhou, is one of China's oil refining hubs and operates another petrochemical establishment.

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Its daily crude refining capacity is more than 200,000 barrels, Reuters detailed.

Xinhua News Agency first reported the massive fire. The official Chinese media also said the distillery that was affected has a production capacity of 300,000 tons per year.

Based on an initial investigation, a propylene leak at a separation triggered the fire at 8:39 a.m. (0039 GMT). The report on the investigation, which was by the government of Gansu on its website, also said the authorities were able to get fire under control by 1:45 pm that day.

The government of Gansu dispatched 193 firefighters on 33 vehicles to the site to put out the huge flames that engulfed the petrochemical plant, according to Shanghailist. Another report by the People's Daily confirmed that there were no casualties in the accident.

Authorities contained the flames by cutting off the source of propylene, a GlobalPost report said. The municipal environmental department also reported that they did not detect any air or water contamination from the incident.

Whether the fire affected other production facilities at the refinery is yet to be confirmed.

China experienced its worst industrial tragedy in one year when the Zhongrong Metal Products Company in Jiangsu province exploded on Saturday. The accident reportedly left 69 people dead and 120 others injured.

According to investigators, sparks at the wheel factory ignited metal dust and caused the explosion.

The Taiwanese-owned factory in the eastern Chinese province manufactures wheels for General Motors and other carmakers in the U.S.

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