The fire began at the Chevron El Segundo oil refinery, California The press service of Governor Gavin Newsom said that the district official added that the flame was limited by one area.
The cause of the flame was not clear Los -angles Times said that while CBS said that firefighters were called to an oil refinery in the Los -Angels district after reports of the explosion.
“Our office is coordinating with local and state agencies to … ensure public security,” the Newsom's Pressfice press said on X.
CBS quoted the police, saying that they were not aware of any immediate injuries or evacuation, adding that the head of the Los -Angeles County Holly Mitchell said that the crews contained a fire in one area of the oil refinery.
In the regulatory supply, the American energy company also reported an emergency in El Segundo.
The estimation of oil transformer throughput is 290,000 barrels per day, and the main products are gasoline, reactive and diesel. Chevron Speaks on your web sake. The total storage capacity is 12.5 million barrels in about 150 main tanks.
The Fire Service of Los -Angeles was ready to help with any help request, said mayor Karen Bass.
“At present, there is no known influence on Lax,” she added, referring to the lively international airport of the city.
Mark Rogers told La Times He played football in an aviation park, a few miles from the Chevron plant, when an obvious explosion occurred. “I thought we got deliberate or something like that,” said 34 -year -old Rogers. The referee canceled his game from heavy smoke, reported.
Reuters contributed to this report
