ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />STORY: Fires continued to rage at Venezuela's biggest refinery on Monday after an explosion tore through the facility a day earlier, killing at least 41 people, wounding dozens and halting production in what is the worst accident to hit the OPEC nation's oil industry.<br/> <br />The explosion at the Amuay refinery, one of the four largest in the world, destroyed nearby homes and shattered a National Guard building in the area. Officials said a 10-year-old child was among the dead.<br/> <br />A gas leak caused the explosion and most of those killed were National Guard troops who were providing security for the 645,000 barrel-per-day facility, officials said.<br/> <br />Search teams continued to look for bodies among the rubble and there were reports of scattered looting.<br/> <br />Venezuela has traditionally been a big supplier of fuel to the United States and the Caribbean, but refinery shutdowns have become so common that they rarely affect market prices.
