Firefighters in California contained a mass night flame in the production of jet fuel at the Chevron El Segundo oil refinery near Los -Ageles.
Residents in El Segundo, about 20 miles (32 km) to the south -west of Los -Andheles, reported that on Thursday I felt a big explosion at 21:30 local time (04:30 p.m. according to Greenwich), with orange flame and smoke feathers visible at the oil refinery.
The city authorities say that at present there is no public threat or evacuation orders. The cause of the explosion is under investigation.
In his statement, Chevron called this “isolated fire” and said that “all employees and contractors at the oil refinery were taken into account, and there are no injuries.”
“No orders for evacuation for residents of the district were fulfilled.
It is not clear what damage the oil refinery suffered from an explosion and fire.
The Sevron marine work is located near the Los -Ageles Airport and supplies reactive fuel for its operations, although the mayor of Los Andegeles Karen Bass said that there was no direct influence on the object.
Flights at the airport work as usual.
El -Segundo’s NECTION built in 1911, is the second largest in the United States and every day produces 285,000 barrels of raw oil.
According to Reuters, it supplies the fifth of all fuel for cars and 40% of the jet fuel consumed in Southern California.
The mayor of El Segundo Chris Pimentel said that firefighters were able to immediately respond to the explosion.
“Our station is located about 25 miles from the Chevron gate,” said Pimental to reporters. “Obviously, we are very concerned, and there are many investigative work to see what happened.”
The flame was visible to the moose -angel and filled the air next to the smell of gasoline.
In addition to the explosion of the explosion, officials in the city of El -Segundo stated that they monitor the levels of air quality for signs of pollution.
One nearby resident, Mark Rogers, told Los Angeles Times that the explosion struck people nearby.
“I thought we got deliberate or something like that,” said Mr. Rogers of the local newspaper. Another resident, Keith Mor, said that the flame looked as if they were “300 feet”.
“I did not know whether the plane crashed or there was an earthquake or both,” he said.
With additional messages from Crystal Heis in Los -Angeles.
