A massive fire broke out at Chevron’s El Segundo refinery’s jet production unit on Thursday night,
Chevron shut down the majority of the refinery, which is its second-largest refinery in the country and the “largest oil-producing site on the west coast.”
The El Segundo refinery is also California’s second-largest refinery.
Crews have contained the fire by 7 AM local time. Luckily, the explosion and fire did not kill or injure anyone.
The refinery has experienced four fires since 2016:
The last one happened back in 2022. During that incident, firefighters kept the fire confined to the refinery and nobody was hurt.In 2018, a power failure triggered a burn-off at the facility. Black smoke could be seen for miles but there was never a threat to the public.A year before that in 2017, a fire broke out near the storage tanks at the refinery. That was was put out in about an hour without any injuries.And in 2016, a fire burned several storage containers at the refinery.
Chevron does not know the cause of the fire. A spokesperson said “it was too early to determine” if it would affect gas prices.
Well, as I said, it’s the largest oil producer in the West and California’s second-largest.
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