8-K

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                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                         Washington, D.C. 20549

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                               Form 8-K
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                            CURRENT REPORT
                  PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                  THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 8, 2004

                        GIANT INDUSTRIES, INC.
      (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


         Delaware                 1-10398             86-0642718
(State of jurisdiction of    (Commission File)      (IRS Employer
      incorporation)              Number)         Identification No.


     23733 North Scottsdale Road
          Scottsdale, Arizona                         85255
(Address of principal executive offices)            (Zip Code)


           Registrant's telephone number, including area code
                            (480) 585-8888

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Item 5.   Other Events

     See press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.




                            SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                        By: /s/ MARK B. COX
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                           MARK B. COX
                           Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
                           (Principal Financial Officer)

Date: April 8, 2004

                       INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Exhibit
Number        Description
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  99          Press Release, dated as of April 8, 2004.

EX-99

                                                           EXHIBIT 99
GIANT INDUSTRIES, INC.
NEWS RELEASE

Contact:  Mark B. Cox
          Vice President, Treasurer, & Chief Financial Officer
          (480) 585-8888

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 8, 2004

                GIANT EXPERIENCES FIRE AT CINIZA REFINERY

Scottsdale, Arizona, April 8, 2004 - Giant Industries, Inc. [NYSE: GI]
announced today that a fire occurred at its Ciniza refinery at
approximately 9:00 a.m. MDT in a unit that produces high octane blending
stock for gasoline.  Emergency personnel responded immediately and
contained the fire to this unit, although there was also some slight damage
to an adjacent unit.

Six employees were injured, including four who have been transported to
area hospitals. The extent of their injuries is currently unknown.

Giant will be assessing the damage to the unit and will make additional
information available after the assessment is completed.

The Ciniza refinery has a crude oil throughput capacity of 20,800 barrels
per day and a total capacity including natural gas liquids of 26,000
barrels per day. The refinery is located near Gallup, New Mexico.

Giant, headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, is a refiner and marketer of
petroleum products. Giant owns and operates one Virginia and two New Mexico
crude oil refineries, a crude oil gathering pipeline system based in
Farmington, New Mexico, which services the New Mexico refineries, finished
products distribution terminals in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Flagstaff,
Arizona, a fleet of crude oil and finished product truck transports, and a
chain of retail service station/convenience stores in New Mexico, Colorado,
and Arizona. Giant is also the parent company of Phoenix Fuel Co., Inc., an
Arizona wholesale petroleum products distributor. For more information,
please visit Giant's website at www.giant.com.