Oil refinery warns of alarm tests
Opened in 1951, the Fawley complex covers 3,250 acres - the size of about 1,425 football pitches
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Residents are being warned ahead of the sounding of an emergency alarm at an oil refinery.
The alert will sound at the ExxonMobil Fawley site, near Southampton, twice on Tuesday at 14:30 and then 19:00 BST.
The Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) alarm will be heard as a two-tone warble before an all-clear single tone. ExxonMobil said "no action" was required from residents.
The COMAH alarm has never been activated for an emergency in more than 70 years of the refinery being in operation.
Running 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, the complex produces fuels and chemical products.
About 2,500 staff and contractors work on the 3,250-acre site which first opened in 1951.
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