By latribune.fr The Shell refinery in Rotterdam, the largest in Europe, was shutting down its factories on Sunday after a fire broke out on Saturday night, the company said. The fire took place last night in a high-voltage power station at the Shell Pernis refinery in Rotterdam, which, with about 60 plants, is Europe's largest refinery and one of the largest in the world. The fire could be caused by a short circuit, according to the Dutch public radio NOS. Shell's unconfirmed information, which "waits to learn more about the circumstances of the incident," according to the spokesman. "Shell is cutting all the plants on the site, which are interconnected, as many of them are out of use because of the power failure caused by the fire," said a spokesman for the giant Anglo-Dutch oil company. Shell plans to complete the temporary shutdown of its Rotterdam site by Sunday night. This may indeed take hours or even days, "said Shell Pernis s...