El Segundo Refinery Explosion
Witnesses Scatter As Fireball Rages
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A California refinery exploded Thursday, turning the evening sky into an orange fireball and inflicting one neighborhood to order residents to remain indoors, in response to officers.
Movies and images shot by witnesses and posted to social media confirmed the gorgeous second the Chevron refinery in El Segundo blew up, in addition to the chaotic aftermath.
Moments after the explosion, you possibly can see folks scurrying round and driving away because the refinery burns within the distance with a mushroom cloud of flames and black smoke.
El Segundo Mayor Chris Pimentel stated all employees on the refinery had been accounted for and no accidents had been reported.
LA County Supervisors stated the blaze was swiftly introduced underneath management and “stayed inside the property traces.”
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Native officers didn’t order any evacuations … however in Manhattan Seashore — which is simply 4 miles away — some residents had been advised to shelter in place.
