Pump Failure Sparks Chevron Refinery Blaze In El Segundo

JEFF: FIREFIGHTERS QUICKLY PUT
OUT A MASSIVE FIRE AT THE
CHEVRON REFINERY NEAR LAX.
SHARON: IT'S THE BIGGEST
REFINERY ON THE WEST COAST AND
CBS2 KANDISS CRONE IS LIVE WITH
AN UPDATE ON WHAT STARTED IT
ALL.
REPORTER: WE LEARNED A PUMP
FAILURE CAUSED THE FIRE, BUT
IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT CAUSED THE
PUMP TO FAIL AND INVESTIGATORS
SAY A SMALL PART OF THE REFINERY
WAS BURNED IN THAT IT WON'T
AFFECT OPERATIONS TODAY.
LET'S LOOK AT VIDEO AS
SKY2'S OVERHEAD AROUND
10:30 P.M. LAST NIGHT
WHEN THE FIRE STARTED.
IT WAS SO INTENSE POLICE
URGED PEOPLE WHO LIVE
NEARBY TO CLOSE THEIR
WINDOWS AND DOORS.
FIREFIGHTERS SAY THE
PUMP WAS CARRYING OIL
FROM ONE PART OF THE
PLANT TO ANOTHER.
THIS IS THE LARGEST
REFINERY ON THE WEST
COAST SUPPLYING 20% OF
GAS TO SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND 40% OF
JET FUEL TO LAX AND A
SPOKESMAN SAID THE FIRE
COULD'VE TALKED THE COST
OF PRODUCTION DEPENDING
ON HOW MUCH DAMAGE WAS
DONE.
TO GIVE YOU PERSPECTIVE,
THE REFINERY PRODUCES
ABOUT 235,000 BARRELS
PER DAY.
FORTUNATELY, NO INJURIES
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Pump Failure Sparks Chevron Refinery Blaze In El Segundo

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