'flaring' from a petrochemical plant. Elaine Green, 56, said she was woken at 3.30am by Exxon Mobil’s Ethylene Plant at Mossmorran burning off excess hydrocarbon gases.The company blamed a fault in a compressor for the latest bout of flaring, which began lighting up the night sky in the early hours of Sunday and could be seen from 30km away.
It lit up the sky above Edinburgh and Fife. Exxonmobil insists the process is “completely safe” and is required so the site can operate safely.But the latest flaring episode has enraged people in surrounding communities, who say they are facing sleepless nights as a result of the orange glow and rumbling.Ms Green, from Cowdenbaeth, said: “At about half three in the morning, the building was just.
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