Massive fire erupts at Chevron refinery just outside of LA
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (NEXSTAR) A fire broke out at a Chevron oil refinery just outside Los Angeles on Thursday night, sending towering flames into the air that were visible for miles.

Officials in El Segundo, California, urged people to stay indoors. By early Friday, the fire was contained and there was no threat to public safety, the city said in a statement. No evacuations had been ordered.

“There is still an active fire and road closures remain in place,” it said.

There were no injuries at the Chevron El Segundo Refinery and all personnel were accounted for, the company said in a statement late Thursday, adding that a monitoring system indicated the fire did not move beyond the facility’s fence line. The statement did not say what caused the fire.

The refinery, located at 324 West El Segundo Boulevard, has its own fire department which was able to contain the blaze and prevent it from spreading to other areas of the industrial site using remote control water lines to douse the flames.

The El Segundo police and fire departments did not immediately comment on the fire, which appeared to have erupted suddenly.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said it was monitoring the situation and coordinating with state and local authorities to protect the surrounding community.

Officials with Pepperdine University, which has a west L.A. campus a little more than five miles away from the refinery, said they were monitoring the incident, and added that flames were visible from the university’s Malibu campus more than 20 miles away.

El Segundo is a beachside city located about a mile (1.6 kilometers) south of Los Angeles International Airport. LA Mayor Karen Bass wrote in a post on X that there was no known impact to the airport.

“LAFD stands at the ready to assist with any mutual aid request,” she said.

The refinery covers roughly 1.5 square miles (3.9 square kilometers) and has more than 1,100 miles (1,770 kilometers) of pipelines, according to the company’s website. The refinery, which has been in operation since 1911, can refine up to 290,000 barrels of crude oil per day, including gasoline, jet and diesel fuels, according to the company’s website.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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