On 11 March 2011 , a 145,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Sendai was set ablaze by the Tōhoku earthquake . Workers were evacuated , but tsunami warnings hindered efforts to extinguish the fire until 14 March , when officials planned to do so
Tōhoku earthquake
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
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