Ho, Boy – Massive Fire Erupts at Chevron’s El Segundo, CA, Refinery Last Night UPDATE

By Beege Welborn

In the Los Angeles sprawl just south of the airport, about 9:30 last night, the normal city sounds were suddenly interrupted by a tremendous, explosive noise, followed by a massive column of flames that roared skyward into the normal nighttime building and traffic twinkles.

There had been an explosion at the Chevron refinery in El Segundo, which, according to the company, is the largest ‘producing oil refinery’ on the West Coast.

…According to Chevron’s website, the El Segundo refinery was constructed in 1911. The facility produces 276,000 barrels of crude oil every day and “is the largest producing oil refinery on the west coast,” Chevron officials wrote on its website. [Beege NOTES: There’s a obvious ‘oil PROCESSING’ correction to this CBS News report in my update]

BREAKING 🚨🚨#ElSegundo / #California

Possible refinery fire/explosion in El Segundo. Multi alarm response is going. https://t.co/AJqFaNAJ0V pic.twitter.com/xNUpknVYNc

— OC Scanner 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 (@OC_Scanner) October 3, 2025

And the initial explosion was so large, it was caught on wildlife cameras (a statewide system run by the University of San Diego) miles away.

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Read Full Article Here…(hotair.com)

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