<div dir="ltr">''<div dir="ltr">''<div>A fire at a refinery in southern Germany following an explosion, injured at least eight people and forced the authorities to evacuate nearly 2,000 local residents.</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>The explosion took place at around 5:30 am in a site run by the Bayernoil group near the Bavarian city of Ingolstadt. </div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>The police said that three of the victims suffered medium or serious injuries. The work to extinguish the flames is continuing with around 200 firefighters at the scene. <br />''</div></div></div>