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Description: Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann arrived at Germany's Vohburg refinery on Saturday (September 1) after an explosion and fire erupted early in the morning. Firefighters started to get the situation under control by midday, police said. A spokesman for the Upper Bavaria North police in Ingolstadt said police, firefighters and emergency services had evacuated 1,800 residents in the area. Herrmann said nine people were injured in the blast, which occurred around 0315 GMT, and one of them suffered severe injuries. He added that the fire was not feared to spread to nearby houses and would cause no threat to residents , therefore no further evacuations were needed. The cause for the blast is still unknown. Police said they could not comment on the impact on production or financial damage at the 120,000 barrels per day (bpd) facility. Police would offer updates once the fire was put out and the site could be cleared, they said. Residents in the area were asked to keep doors and windows shut. Vohburg refinery is part of the Bayernoil refinery complex, which has two sites at Vohburg and Neustadt with an overall capacity of 210,000 bpd.